Trump's nominee for Hostage Affairs envoy faces scrutiny on controversial Russia plan

President Trump is tapping his charismatic, straight-talking former lawyer, who has helped free hundreds of political prisoners from Belarus, to serve as the U.S. official charged with bringing home unjustly detained Americans abroad.John Coale, who serves as special envoy to Belarus, has detailed “vodka infused” negotiations with that country’s authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, to...