'I am determined to get her [Brittney Griner] home and get her home safely, along with others.' –– President Joe Biden at Wednesday’s press briefing
. Just last month, the appeal on Griner’s nine-year sentence for drug possession was rejected.
, her team and American officials were not aware of the transfer until Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated how the U.S. government is working on securing Griner’s release in a statement Wednesday. Griner was detained in an airport near Moscow in February and pleaded guilty to drug charges in July. She allegedly was carrying vape cartridges with hashish oil in her luggage, and she subsequently said the cartridges were in her bags due to fast packing, insisting that she had no intention of, “Every minute that Brittney Griner must endure wrongful detention in Russia is a minute too long.
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