Brittney Griner
“You’re gonna be faced with adversities throughout your life. This was a pretty big one.”
The former president said he was offered the chance to free U.S. citizen Paul Whelan in exchange for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Roger Carstens, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, described what it was like taking the WNBA star home.
Maria Bartiromo took the opportunity to paint Griner as un-American while Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer criticized Biden for not making a better deal with Russia.
The former U.S. Marine’s lawyer said he is still being held at a penal colony, while Biden insisted Russia is taking a harder line on Whelan for “totally illegitimate reasons.”
The WNBA star was let go in a one-for-one exchange for the notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, with former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan left out of the deal.