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Rolling Stones - Trump Sides with Russia Over Brittney Griner
 [Rolling Stones] Former President Donald Trump sounds like he wants WNBA player Brittney Griner to stay in a Russian prison. During a podcast appearance on the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, the former president voiced his opposition to the U.S. government’s reported offer to swap Griner and U.S. Marine Paul Whelan for Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker.On the show, Trump maligned Griner as "a potentially spoiled person" who went to Russia "loaded up with drugs," which is an exaggeration of her cannabis arrest. Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time WNBA All-Star was arrested and charged with illegal drug possession and with smuggling a "significant amount" of cannabis. According to the Russian government, customs officers found "vapes" containing hashish oil in Griner’s luggage at an airport close to Moscow. Griner stands little chance of freedom if her fate is left to the Russian criminal justice system, which significantly favors the prosecution. Posted by: Besoeker 2022-08-01 |
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