On Thursday’s “PBS NewsHour,” White House NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby responded to a question on what there is to prevent Russia from imprisoning more Americans by stating, “Putin has done this before,” and Americans who want to go
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby responded to concerns that the prisoner swap for Brittney Griner could incentivize taking Americans prisoner to get concessions by stating that
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price stated that the Biden administration proposed that Russia release both Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner and wished Whelan had been released along with Griner, but “the other side
The release of Viktor Bout, a Russian warlord known as the “Merchant of Death” for his prolific arms dealing, on Thursday is the latest in a string of similar liberations under President Joe Biden that have seen violent criminals freed in exchange for unjustly imprisoned Americans abroad.
Video showing the moment the U.S. handed over convicted terrorist “the Merchant of Death” Viktor Bout in exchange for Brittney Griner is viral
Brittney Griner, the former WNBA star whom Russia released in turn for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, is an “inspiration” to “LGBTQI+ Americans,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Former President Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden’s Brittney Griner prisoner swap as “stupid” and “unpatriotic embarrassment.”
Former NFL QB and current radio personality Boomer Esiason blasted the Biden administration on Thursday for abandoning Marine Paul Whelan in the Brittney Griner deal with Russia.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) discusses the JCPA media cartel bill as well as the breaking news that the Biden administration is releasing a notorious Russian arms dealer in a prisoner swap for WNBA player Brittney Griner.
Brittney Griner was arrested in February at a Moscow airport by Russian officials for possession of cannabis vape cartridges.
The left-wing American outlet CNN claimed to have secured a phone conversation with former U.S. Marine and Russian prisoner Paul Whelan on Thursday, who reportedly expressed great disappointment and surprise that the president did not include him in a prisoner swap with basketball star Brittney Griner.
CNN political commentator Van Jones said Thursday on “CNN This Morning” that President Joe Biden did not allow Russia to treat WNBA star Brittney Griner like garbage by negotiating her release in a one-for-one prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout.
It is a “deeply disturbing” decision to release Russian arms deal Viktor Bout, Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) said on Thursday, although he praised the news of former WNBA star Brittney Griner coming back to America as part of the Biden administration’s controversial prisoner swap.
Dallas Cowboys superstar Micah Parsons ripped the Biden Administration for not securing the release of long-imprisoned former Marine Paul Whelan in its prisoner swap with Russia for WNBA star Brittney Griner, but he quickly backtracked his comments.
Critics blasted Biden for trading a dangerous Russian arms dealer in exchange for a mere basketball player and leaving a US Marine behind.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) predicted on Thursday that leftist President Joe Biden’s decision to trade imprisoned basketball player Brittney Griner for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the “merchant of death,” would result in people dying as rogue states interpreted the move as open season to arrest Americans.
President Joe Biden pushed gun control for Americans on Wednesday and, on that same day, agreed to release a convicted arms dealer via a prisoner swap with Russia.
The family of retired Marine Paul Whelan said Thursday that a prisoner swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner that left Whelan in Russia was a “catastrophe” because the U.S. would no longer have leverage to free him.
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American and Russian officials said.
Rotten food and brutal wardens await WNBA star Brittney Griner in her Russian penal colony, according to Trevor Reed’s father.
WNBA player Brittney Griner has now been moved to a Russian forced labor camp to complete her 9-1/2-year prison sentence.
Kyrie Irving turned his attention to blasting Joe Biden for doing nothing to get WNBA player Brittney Griner freed from a Russian prison.
A former Russian ambassador to Washington D.C. is claiming that Joe Biden is desperately pushing the Russians to free Brittney Girner.
WNBA player Brittney Griner is concerned after living in a Russian prison for nine months that she may have to serve the entirety of a nine-year sentence, and that the Biden administration may not be able to negotiate her early release.
WNBA star Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle, said Wednesday on “CBS Mornings” that it felt like Brittney Griner was a hostage in Russia after she was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia for having cannabis vape cartridges in her luggage.
Three-time coach of the year, and current LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey declined to comment on the “situation” with WNBA’s Britney Griner on Monday.
Supporters say that former WNBA star Brittney Griner is facing harsh conditions in the Russian prison where she is serving 9-1/2 years.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, senior administration officials told The Associated Press.
Podcast superstar Joe Rogan took a swipe at VP Kamala Harris on Saturday, blasting her for hypocrisy over the Brittney Griner situation.
Former NBA champion Dennis Rodman has decided against traveling to Russia for the freeing of imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner.
With Joe Biden having failed entirely to free WNBA star Brittney Griner from her Russian cell, the Biden administration has given the okay to former NBA player Dennis Rodman to head to Russia and try to win her release.
On Monday, Russian attorneys for WNBA star Brittney Griner filed an appeal of her nine-year sentence for possession of illegal drugs.
Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Russian warplanes have struck Ukrainian army positions in the southern Kherson region and in the Donetsk region. He added that the Russian air force also hit a facility in the Kharkiv region, killing at least 100 and wounding 50 “mercenaries” from the West.
“I want [Brittney Griner] to return back home. … [but] we cannot trade that horrible human being for her. It’s just not a fair trade,” professional basketball player Enes Kanter Freedom said during a Friday appearance on Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum.
Friday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for her double standard of justice on WNBA player Brittney Griner.
A Russian court sentenced U.S. citizen and WNBA player Brittney Griner to nine and a half years in prison on Thursday for smuggling cannabis oil into Russia in February.
Popular podcaster Joe Rogan recently questioned the outrage over the 9-1/2-year prison term WNBA star Brittney Griner got in Russia.
A Russian court sentenced American basketball player Brittney Griner to nine and a half years in prison on drug charges Thursday morning, renewing rumors that the Biden administration might trade Russian gun-running supervillain Viktor Bout – and perhaps even other high-value prisoners demanded by Moscow – in exchange for Griner’s freedom.
Social media exploded in condemnation Thursday after NFL reporter James Palmer outed fellow reporter Ian Rapoport for making a joke about “surviving a Russian prison” on the same day WNBA star Brittney Griner’s 9-year prison sentence was announced in Russia.
The Kremlin on Friday jumped less than 24-hours after WNBA star Brittney Griner was hit with a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession to offer Washington immediate prisoner swaps.
