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Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drugs charge in Russia
aol ^ | July 7, 2022 | TYLER GREENAWALT

Posted on 07/07/2022 9:52:51 AM PDT by MarvinStinson

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to a drug charge Thursday in a Russian court.

"I'd like to plead guilty, your honor. But there was no intent. I didn't want to break the law," Griner said in court. "I'd like to give my testimony later. I need time to prepare."

"If she wants to return home and she believes they're working on a prisoner swap, the faster that this proceeding ends, the faster she can get home," said William Pomeranz, an expert on Russian law.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said members of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow attended the hearing and "delivered to her a letter from President Biden."

"We will not relent until Brittney, Paul Whelan, and all other wrongfully detained Americans are reunited with their loved ones," Blinken stated in the tweet.

Bringing Griner home 'a priority' for the U.S. Griner has been behind bars since Feb. 17 when she flew into a Moscow airport and Russian customs officials allegedly found vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. She has been under investigation for the large-scale transportation of drugs.

In court Thursday, Griner told the court she accidentally packed the vape cartridges in her luggage.

A day after Griner sent a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday that Griner's release "is a priority for this president."

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To: MarvinStinson

Accidently my a**


21 posted on 07/07/2022 10:12:02 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: MarvinStinson

Notice how different today’s mass media coverage is:

—No mention of “her wife”
—No mention of her race
—No “Putin war criminal” talk

The “word” has come down from on high—they finally figured out that Woke propaganda and name calling with Putin is not gonna get it done.


22 posted on 07/07/2022 10:12:05 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Sacajaweau

She used the Hillary home brew server defense:

“no intent”


23 posted on 07/07/2022 10:12:57 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Thanks for that little gem...


24 posted on 07/07/2022 10:13:36 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Bobalu

Why? She did the crime, she should do the time. She isn’t special. If it was an everyday person who screwed up and took drugs into a country that prohibits them would we even hear about it. I for one am tired of exceptions for “special” people. That she hates America is icing on the cake. Some people have to learn things the hard way. So be it.


25 posted on 07/07/2022 10:15:13 AM PDT by 1malumprohibitum
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To: no-to-illegals

Plenty of pine trees to cut in Siberia. And the oil fields there need workers.


26 posted on 07/07/2022 10:17:36 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
She protested the NATIONAL ANTHEM at her basketball games. She should be happy to be in a country that also hates the US.

Agreed. Having her freedom taken by fellow America hating people is a good learning experience for her...him...it.
27 posted on 07/07/2022 10:17:57 AM PDT by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: MarvinStinson

Send Hunter Biden and Megan Rapinoe to negotiate her release.


28 posted on 07/07/2022 10:18:19 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: MarvinStinson

Karma is a you know what. America hater Griner probably voted for Biden, pleaded with him by letter to help get her release, but is no doubt beginning to realize he won’t do anything for her. The irony is Trump would of no doubt attempted to get her release if he was still in office. If he went to bat for a rapper who was charged for assault in Sweden he would of tried to help Griner in Russia. Brittney, I hope you realize now that elections do have CONSEQUENCES!


29 posted on 07/07/2022 10:20:17 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: MarvinStinson
Does this mean she's no longer able to earn millions playing in the Russian leagues after she goes home?

-PJ

30 posted on 07/07/2022 10:22:00 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: MarvinStinson

Kneels during the National Anthem....hates America. Now she wants us to save her @ss. Mmmmmmkay.


31 posted on 07/07/2022 10:26:56 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: MarvinStinson

trade?

naa....

they can keep her.


32 posted on 07/07/2022 10:28:25 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: know.your.why

20 bucks says she’ll be back to bad-mouthing the US within a month of being home.


33 posted on 07/07/2022 10:29:12 AM PDT by DarrellZero
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To: MarvinStinson

‘Accidentally...’ LOL...ten years, skank.


34 posted on 07/07/2022 10:29:54 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: ground_fog

Think Putin (a Trump lover of course) will give Biden the W?

I don’t


35 posted on 07/07/2022 10:30:12 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Joe 6-pack

can we just send um one way? before Megan gets any medals from Obiden please.


36 posted on 07/07/2022 10:32:32 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: PAR35

A good plan


37 posted on 07/07/2022 10:32:49 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them)
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To: cgbg

They need to give her the max sentence for that particular crime as given to others. Then they have leverage to get the worst of the worst in our prisons in a swap..and they will get it.

Biden will cave...but he better get Paul Whelan too.


38 posted on 07/07/2022 10:34:05 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: MarvinStinson

Yep, and she can stay there for at least 10 years. Good riddance to her. And her so-called “wife” should move to Russia to be near her, to visit, and support. Good riddance to her as well. Bye!


39 posted on 07/07/2022 10:34:27 AM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: Bobalu

I do too. But there are other Americans jailed in Russia - some for years - including two U.S. Marine vets. I wonder what Biden is doing about them.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/americans-russia-custody-conflict


40 posted on 07/07/2022 10:34:45 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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