Should U.S. Swap ‘Merchant of Death’ for Brittney Griner?

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PEPPERJAX said:
Will we see Britney dunk again?
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I doubt Putin has a transgender prison league.

Seriously this sucks..the world is harsh and America is the best place she could be., albeit flawed.

We are all flawed and take that with a grain of salt..there will never be some utopia of human utopia. Impossible
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
No Special Treatment for Brittney Griner

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Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan / Wikimedia Commons and American embassy in Moscow

WNBA player Brittney Griner on Thursday pleaded guilty in a Russian courtroom to possessing less than a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage when she landed at a Moscow airport in February.

It's a sad story, but Griner is hardly the political prisoner that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have made her out to be. And under no circumstances should the Democratic Party's identity politics allow a black lesbian millionaire athlete who broke the law in a foreign country to receive preferential treatment—as she already is receiving—over genuinely innocent hostages long left to rot in foreign prisons. Even if one were to leave aside the fact, which we simply cannot, that Griner clamored for the removal of the national anthem from WNBA games.

So far, the administration is sending all the wrong signals, elevating Griner's case above that of actual political prisoners like Paul Whelan: A senior U.S. diplomat on Thursday hand-delivered a personal note from Biden to Griner, a move that followed a phone call from Biden and Harris to Griner's partner, Cherelle, in which Biden assured her that he is "working to secure Brittney's release as soon as possible, as well as the release of Paul Whelan and other U.S. nationals who are wrongfully detained or held hostage in Russia and around the world."

No Special Treatment for Brittney Griner - Washington Free Beacon
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Devil's advocate, but this Whelan guy has an interesting bio. And the circumstances around his arrest, at least on the surface, give off red flags. IMO, I think this guy already was under close scrutiny because he was a frequent visitor to Russia, and this guy ended up getting entangled with some honey pot that set him up after he likely lied and bragged on Russian social media about being some important figure in the US.

Lastly, he has US and British citizenship (the Canadian and Irish citizenships don't matter s much). Britain should be fighting for his release just as much as anyone else. It shouldn't rely solely on the US.

Paul Whelan (security director) - Wikipedia

Paul Nicholas Whelan (born March 5, 1970) is a Canadian with American, British, and Irish citizenship. He was arrested in Russia on December 28, 2018, and accused of spying. On June 15, 2020, he received a 16-year prison sentence with the possibility of time in a labor camp.

He is described as a corporate security director. He received a bad conduct discharge from the US Marine Corps. He was reported to have previously worked as a police officer in Michigan.
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According to a deposition Whelan gave in 2013, he was in law enforcement from 1988 to 2000 as a police officer in Chelsea, Michigan, and a sheriff's deputy in Washtenaw County. The Chelsea Police however said he worked in lesser roles and as a part-time officer from 1990 to 1996, while the Washtenaw County sheriff reported no record of his employment. A former colleague said he was a patrol officer from 1998 to 2000 in the Keego Harbor police department.
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He enlisted in the Marine Reserves in 1994. He took military leave from Kelly Services to serve with the Marine Corps Reserve from 2003 to 2008, including service in Iraq. He held the rank of staff sergeant with Marine Air Control Group 38 working as an administrative clerk and administrative chief, and he was part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After a court-martial conviction in January 2008 on multiple counts "related to larceny", he was sentenced to 60 days restriction, reduction to pay grade E-4, and a bad conduct discharge. The specific charges against him included attempting to steal more than $10,000 in 2006 in Iraq and using a false Social Security number to create a false account on a government computer system to grade his own examinations.
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He said in a deposition in 2013 that he holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and an MBA degree. He falsely claimed a BA from the University of Michigan in his profile on Russian social media. He took courses at Northern Michigan University from fall 1988 to fall 1990 without earning a degree.
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Sure, make the trade. Just be sure and give the arms dealer a bowl of Putin’s special recipe soup before he gets on the plane 😉
 
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#257
No, let’s trade some more of our strategic oil reserve.
 
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Ex Governor, Clinton Crony To Seek WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner’s Release

Former New Mexico Democratic Governor Bill Richardson is planning to go to Russia to try to win the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner, according to a report.

Richardson, who served as energy secretary and UN ambassador in the Clinton administration and has mounted several private diplomatic missions over the last few decades, is expected to go to Moscow in the coming weeks, ABC News reported.

Richardson in 2011 founded the Richardson Center, a foundation that works to negotiate the release of political prisoners globally. He most recently helped arrange a prisoner swap that brought home former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed after nearly two and a half years in captivity in Russia. He also worked to win the release of Otto Warmbier, who was held in North Korea until 2017, when he was sent back to the U.S. in a vegetative state.

In addition to representing the Griner family, Richardson is working on behalf of the family of Paul Whelan, another former Marine who has been held in Russia for more than three years.

Richardson was tied to the sex trafficking case of Jeffrey Epstein in 2019, when his name surfaced in a civil suit Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre filed against Epstein crony Ghislaine Maxwell. Giuffre alleged she was trafficked to Richardson, among other high-profile men while she was underage. Richardson denied the claim.

Ex Governor, Clinton Crony To Seek WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner’s Release | The Daily Wire
 
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MG1968 said:
Does she not own anything other than track suits and Jimi Hendrix shirts? I know it’s a Russian kangaroo court, but someone should have made sure she dresses as if she were in a US court.
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In fairness, she was in Russia to play basketball, not negotiate international treaties.
 
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MG1968 said:
I’m just saying that he wouldn’t have “packed in a rush” not realizing his vape pen had hash oil in it instead of snickerdoodle flavored vape juice.
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The idea that Lebron would have to play professional hoops in Russia to supplement his income is somewhat laughable.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
I would not trade, no.

But let’s be honest about this. Labron James would not be there still.

Just saying
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Lebron would never be there in the first place.

Griner makes around $220K in the WNBA, and over $1M in Russia.

Lebron’s NBA earning potential doesn’t require a summer job. 😁
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
Ex Governor, Clinton Crony To Seek WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner’s Release

Former New Mexico Democratic Governor Bill Richardson is planning to go to Russia to try to win the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner, according to a report.

Richardson, who served as energy secretary and UN ambassador in the Clinton administration and has mounted several private diplomatic missions over the last few decades, is expected to go to Moscow in the coming weeks, ABC News reported.

Richardson in 2011 founded the Richardson Center, a foundation that works to negotiate the release of political prisoners globally. He most recently helped arrange a prisoner swap that brought home former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed after nearly two and a half years in captivity in Russia. He also worked to win the release of Otto Warmbier, who was held in North Korea until 2017, when he was sent back to the U.S. in a vegetative state.

In addition to representing the Griner family, Richardson is working on behalf of the family of Paul Whelan, another former Marine who has been held in Russia for more than three years.

Richardson was tied to the sex trafficking case of Jeffrey Epstein in 2019, when his name surfaced in a civil suit Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre filed against Epstein crony Ghislaine Maxwell. Giuffre alleged she was trafficked to Richardson, among other high-profile men while she was underage. Richardson denied the claim.

Ex Governor, Clinton Crony To Seek WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner’s Release | The Daily Wire
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Any chance they lock up Richardson while he’s there? Sex trafficking perhaps?
 
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LeBron James Questions whether America has Brittney Griner’s ‘back’

James wondered if he would even want to return to the US if he were Griner

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has weighed in on Brittney Griner’s detainment in Russia, making his comments on the trailer for the latest episode of "The Shop: Uninterrupted."

In the trailer, James appears to be critical of the way the United States has handled Griner’s case, questioning whether he would want to come back to America if he was in her shoes.

"Now, how can she feel like America has her back?" James says in the trailer. "I would be feeling like, ‘Do I even want to go back to America?'"

LeBron James questions whether America has Brittney Griner’s ‘back’
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
LeBron James Questions whether America has Brittney Griner’s ‘back’

James wondered if he would even want to return to the US if he were Griner

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has weighed in on Brittney Griner’s detainment in Russia, making his comments on the trailer for the latest episode of "The Shop: Uninterrupted."

In the trailer, James appears to be critical of the way the United States has handled Griner’s case, questioning whether he would want to come back to America if he was in her shoes.

"Now, how can she feel like America has her back?" James says in the trailer. "I would be feeling like, ‘Do I even want to go back to America?'"

LeBron James questions whether America has Brittney Griner’s ‘back’
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He'd come back. Kicking and screaming.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
LeBron James Questions whether America has Brittney Griner’s ‘back’

James wondered if he would even want to return to the US if he were Griner

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has weighed in on Brittney Griner’s detainment in Russia, making his comments on the trailer for the latest episode of "The Shop: Uninterrupted."

In the trailer, James appears to be critical of the way the United States has handled Griner’s case, questioning whether he would want to come back to America if he was in her shoes.

"Now, how can she feel like America has her back?" James says in the trailer. "I would be feeling like, ‘Do I even want to go back to America?'"

LeBron James questions whether America has Brittney Griner’s ‘back’
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LeBron was shilling hard for Biden. Maybe he should be asking Biden what the hold up is.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
LOL.

Being laughed at during a speech before the United Nations General Assembly would be an indication that Trump is not well-respected abroad, especially by our allies.
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Butt hurt much? Your mumbling, bike crashing, Anchorman teleprompter reading, Easter Bunny fearing dolt in the White House is the biggest embarrassment of a President in United States history….. by far
 
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I feel bad for her but I don’t. On one hand I think she should look at the bright side and realize she won’t have to hear our national anthem. On the other I don’t believe in leaving Americans behind. That all being said, I feel like we should make a trade but not a terrorist for an athlete. Then again, why wouldn’t Biden do that? I mean he’s already gotten marines killed. His open border policies has gotten several killed, trafficked and raped. He’s already left hundreds behind in Afghanistan. What’s the difference?
 
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