Biden Released Brittney Griner from Russian Prison

[martybegan]

Griner wasn't "wrongly imprisoned" at all.

She admitted in open court to smuggling drugs in the Russian Federation- which is against their law.

I would say she was "overly imprisoned" due to the political situation.

Any other country she would have been PNG'ed and shipped back to the US after the Ambassador got involved.

 

[Blaster]

She was carrying a commonly used pain reliever
Her sentence was not comparable to others with the same offense

The fact is she broke the law.

 

[basquebromance]

 

[candycorn]

Yes I have heard of him. I'm surprised that you haven't.

Sure you have.

You're funny.

 

[easyt65]

Once again Putin is playing chess while Biden is playing checkers...

 

[mudwhistle]

She was carrying a commonly used pain reliever
Her sentence was not comparable to others with the same offense

Doesn't erase the fact that Biden felt getting that lesbian out was more important than a former Marine who's been locked up in Russia for a couple of years. Democrats clearly think the LGBTQ community is more important to this nation than military veterans.

Talks continue on exchange of U.S. ex-Marine held in Russia - Interfax

Talks on freeing former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from prison in Russia are continuing, the Russian Interfax news agency cited his lawyer as saying on Thursday, after U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was released by Moscow in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

www.reuters.com

 

[Hellokitty]

Amid Griner Joy, U.S. Regrets Continued Russian Detention of Paul Whelan

President Biden said in a speech announcing the release of basketball star Brittney Griner that the U.S. was still seeking the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine who has also been held by Russia since 2018. Mr. Biden said at the White House that Russia was treating Mr. Whelan’s case differentl

www.wsj.com

Exactly and now Putin has set Biden up to make another bad deal.

 

[Blaster]

Sure you have.

You're funny.

It seems you don't know much. I guess you only believe what Democrats tell you to believe.

 

[rightwinger]

And you know that because you have access to Russian sentencing statistics?

I know that because it was widely reported when she was sentenced.

 

[surada]

I would say she was "overly imprisoned" due to the political situation.

Any other country she would have been PNG'ed and shipped back to the US after the Ambassador got involved.

Usually there's nothing an ambassador can do. Americans don't realize that.

 

[MarcATL]

The Whalen family just gave a statement to FOX stating that Biden made the right decision in getting an innocent person home.

Biden is simply winning!

 

[easyt65]

The right has been demanding it. It's hard to get a good deal when some from your own side are stabbing you in the back.

Who pulled the trigger on this shit bomb?

The same guy whose Party sent conolence messages to Iran after Trump ordered the strike that took out the #1 terrorist in the ME.

 

[CarsomyrPlusSix]

The entire "Democrat" (Socialist) Party, the Vice President, and every Cabinet member are failing in their duty right now to use the 25th Amendment to stop this evil demented old **** from hurting the country further.

 

[Blaster]

I know that because it was widely reported when she was sentenced.

Do you believe everything the MSM tells you?

 

[iceberg]

Amid Griner Joy, U.S. Regrets Continued Russian Detention of Paul Whelan

President Biden said in a speech announcing the release of basketball star Brittney Griner that the U.S. was still seeking the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine who has also been held by Russia since 2018. Mr. Biden said at the White House that Russia was treating Mr. Whelan’s case differentl

www.wsj.com

Why wasn't he first?

 

[rightwinger]

Exactly and now Putin has set Biden up to make another bad deal.

We got a Gold Medal Basketball Star
They got a sleazy arms dealer

We win

 

[berg80]

Griner wasn't "wrongly imprisoned" at all.

She admitted in open court to smuggling drugs in the Russian Federation- which is against their law.

So she deserves this while the US does nothing?

Brittney Griner likely entered a system of isolation, grueling labor and psychological torment when she was transferred to a penal colony, the successor to the infamous Russian gulag, former prisoners and advocates said prior to her release in a prisoner swap Thursday.

Griner was transferred to a penal colony more than 200 miles east of Moscow last month, to begin a nine-year sentence handed down by a Moscow court in October.

What Brittney Griner likely faced in Russian penal colony

Like the Soviet gulag system they replaced, the prisons "were often harsh and life threatening,” a 2021 State Department report on Russian human rights abuses said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[JGalt]

She's a US citizen.

That's become meaningless, considering how you want to give illegal aliens instant citizenship for just walking across the border.

 

[Blaster]

The Whalen family just gave a statement to FOX stating that Biden made the right decision in getting an innocent person home.

Biden is simply winning!

Biden doesn't even know what state he is in.

 

[surada]

Exactly and now Putin has set Biden up to make another bad deal.

So what? This isn't about Biden's ego.