Gen.Petraeus on Griner release: Hate to ‘reward’ Russia for swap, Viktor Bout has ‘blood on his hands’
Gen.Petraeus told Fox News Digital that although it’s an ‘understandable imperative’ for countries to bring citizens home, Viktor Bout who was exchanged with Russia for Brittney Griner is ‘reprehensible.’
with the”blood of many people on his hands.”had been released from Russian custody roughly 10 months after being arrested for bringing vape cartridges containing hashish oil through a Moscow airport.She was turned over in exchange for the release of convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was once nicknamed”the Merchant of Death.”
(AP)BRITTNEY GRINER RELEASED FROM RUSSIAN PRISON IN SWAP FOR CONVICTED ARMS DEALERPresident Biden spoke about the release of Brittney Griner from Russian custody, at the White House.”After months of being unjustly detained in Russia, held under intolerable circumstances, Brittney will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones and she should have been there all along,” Biden said Thursday at the White House.
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Brittney Griner release: ‘Today my family is whole,’ says wife Cherelle GrinerBrittney Griner’s wife Cherelle is ‘overwhelmed with emotions’ over the WNBA star’s release, but said that she and BG will remain committed to getting other detained Americans, like Paul Whelan, back home to their families, too.
We traded an arms dealer for a drug user.Fair trade? Great swap, a bb player who committed a crime vs a man who served their country♂️ Welp I knew Biden was bad at deals but damn this was next level of stupid.
WNBA star Brittney Griner reportedly coming to San Antonio for medical care following release from RussiaGriner, who was released by Russia on Thursday in exchange for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, will be taken to a medical center in San Antonio for a routine evaluation, according to reports from NBC and Politico.
I would’ve traded Edward Snowden over the Russia guy.Happy she’s home now prepare for WW3 Now she can come back home and kneel for the anthem.
WNBA star Brittney Griner freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swapRussia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic prisoner exchange, as the U.S.released notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout but failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years.The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden but carried a heavy price.
Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap; US releases arms dealer Viktor BoutPresident Joe Biden: ‘Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner.She is safe.She is on a plane.She is on her way home.’ Biden is a joke Glad to know we are not only willing to negotiate with Terrorists under the Biden Administration, but we are willing to release terrorists and arms dealers back into the world.
Griner chose to break the law in another country, she should have paid the consequences.Couldn’t give less of afffffffffffff Oh 😥 sorry As I was writing ✍️ I realized I gave even lesser of a Fck !!! My bad
Live Updates: Brittney Griner Is Flying Home After Prisoner Swap With RussiaGriner, an American basketball star who had been imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, was traded for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer.
President Biden said Griner would be back in the United States within 24 hours.
Brittney Griner Released By Russia In Prisoner SwapThe two-time Olympic gold medalist reportedly was freed in exchange for imprisoned Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.Putin Won.🏾♂️ Great news….Good move.
Let’s see Statement from DAVID WHELAN
Gen.“‘Today my family is whole..WASHINGTON — Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic prisoner exchange, as the U.
Petraeus told Fox News Digital that although it's an “understandable imperative” for countries to bring citizens home, Viktor Bout who was exchanged with Russia for Brittney Griner is “reprehensible.” EXCLUSIVE: Former CIA Director Gen.’” That was Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, vowing that she and her newly freed spouse, “BG,” will remain committed to getting other American detainees home — including Paul Whelan, a Michigan corporate security executive who has been jailed in Russia since December 2018 on espionage charges that his family and the U.David Petraeus said while a prisoner swap is not”unreasonable” in order to bring Americans back home, it is not ideal for the United States to”reward” Russia by returning a dangerous with the”blood of many people on his hands.“She’s safe, she’s on a plane, she’s on her way home,” Biden said.” President Biden announced Thursday that WNBA star Brittney Griner had been released from Russian custody roughly 10 months after being arrested for bringing vape cartridges containing hashish oil through a Moscow airport.government have said are baseless.
She was turned over in exchange for the release of convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was once nicknamed”the Merchant of Death.The deal, the second such exchange in eight months with Russia, procured the release of the most prominent American detained abroad.
” During an interview with Fox News Digital at the Aspen Security Forum in Washington, D.Griner, a WNBA player and two-time Olympic gold medalist, has spent nine months imprisoned in Russia on drug charges for possession and smuggling of less than a gram of hashish oil.Biden’s authorization to release a Russian felon once nicknamed “the Merchant of Death” underscored the escalating pressure that his administration faced to get Griner home, particularly after the recent resolution of her criminal case and her subsequent transfer to a penal colony.C., Petraeus said it is an”understandable imperative” for countries to engage in prisoner swaps in order to safely deliver their citizens home.
“Today is just a happy day for me and my family, so I’m gonna smile right now,” she said.However, he also recognized that Bout's bloody history complicates the matter, calling him a”very reprehensible individual.S.” Gen.” He also shared the news from his official Twitter account.officials had conveyed cautious optimism in recent weeks after months of strained negotiations, with Biden saying in November that he was hopeful that Russia would engage in a deal now that the midterm elections were completed.
David Petraeus recognized Bout's bloody history complicates the matter, calling him a “very reprehensible individual.” (AP) “I don't think that this is at all unreasonable.S.Griner’s arrest in February made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad.
You know, every country wants to get back its citizens.Ukraine and Russia are doing this again,” explained Petraeus.The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the swap with the Associated Press, saying that the exchange took place in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and that Bout has been flown home.”You hate, in a sense, to reward what Russia does, in certain cases, if you're talking about the case of the female professional basketball player.She pleaded guilty in July, though still faced trial because admitting guilt in Russia’s judicial system does not automatically end a case.S.
One hates to reward Russia for doing something like that.S.” BRITTNEY GRINER RELEASED FROM RUSSIAN PRISON IN SWAP FOR CONVICTED ARMS DEALER “But on the other hand, I think it's an understandable imperative to get our citizens home, and sometimes that requires us to take actions that, you know, we'd rather not take, because, again, the individual ready to go back is a very, very reprehensible individual with the blood of many people on his hands,” the general continued.”But that's the reality of the world, and we have done this, both administrations have done this repeatedly over the years and I suspect that will continue.“This is a day we’ve worked toward for a long time,” Biden said Friday morning.4 and receiving a punishment her lawyers said was out of line for the offense, an emotional Griner apologized “for my mistake that I made and the embarrassment that I brought on them.” President Biden spoke about the release of Brittney Griner from Russian custody, at the White House.
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Paul Whelan, a U.” Read more: Biden says U.He credited the White House with giving the Whelan family advance notice and said he did not fault officials for making the deal.
S.She played college basketball at Baylor University before her professional career.Marine veteran, was not involved in the exchange.will keep pressing for Whelan’s release as Griner freed from Russian prison But he added that he has not forgotten about Whelan.Whelan was sentenced to 16 years in 2018 for espionage charges.”After months of being unjustly detained in Russia, held under intolerable circumstances, Brittney will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones and she should have been there all along,” Biden said Thursday at the White House.“Sadly, for totally illegal reasons, Russia is treating Paul’s case differently than Brittney’s.
The prisoner swap comes as the war started by Russia against Ukraine is approaching its one-year mark.freed a a former Soviet Army lieutenant colonel whom the Justice Department once described as one of the world’s most prolific arms dealers.
Petraeus told Fox News Digital that he thinks the Russians are losing the war, but it doesn't mean the conflict will end in the near-term.” He told Whelan’s family that his thoughts and prayers were with them, adding, “We’ll keep negotiating in good faith for Paul’s release.Brittney Griner listens to a verdict in a courtroom in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, Aug.4, 2022.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a statement saying, “While we celebrate Brittney’s release, Paul Whelan and his family continue to suffer needlessly.
(Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “The Russians are losing this war.That doesn't mean that it's going to come to an end any time soon.I wholeheartedly wish we could have brought Paul home today on the same plane with Brittney.Griner’s arrest in February made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad.
It's impossible to predict whether it will be months, or a year, or years before a really crucial calculation is reached in the Kremlin, which is that this war is unsustainable for Russia,” he said.
“I think that right now Vladimir Putin still thinks that the Russians can will suffer under the Ukrainians and the Americans, just the way the Russians have suffered the Nazis and World War II and Napoleon's army a couple of centuries prior.S.” “And we have to convince them that that is not the case,” he said.Kelly Laco is a politics editor for Fox News Digital.” But the Whelan family was also celebrating Griner’s release on Friday.Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.The exchange was carried out despite deteriorating relations between the powers.
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