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

They never learn and don't know what humility is. She will get worse, like Kaepernick.

41 posted on 07/07/2022 10:36:49 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Bobalu

We should at least make her do a video of herself singing the national anthem before we let her back in.


42 posted on 07/07/2022 10:38:21 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,435,787 active users on Truth Social)
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To: Jamestown1630

biden hates our military and all Americans. biden will probably bring the American hater kneeler home though. The Marines biden will leave behind because biden is that kind of perp


43 posted on 07/07/2022 10:39:59 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them)
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To: Jamestown1630
I wonder what Biden is doing about them.

Trevor Reed and Paul Whealen were released in a prisoner swap about three weeks after that article was posted.

44 posted on 07/07/2022 10:43:02 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

I’m glad to know that. I heard someone speaking of it on the radio today as if it was ongoing.


45 posted on 07/07/2022 10:44:46 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MarvinStinson

She is WORSE than a January 6th. INSURRECTIONIST. Lock her up! But, treat her to a tattoo regret specialist while she is in the slammer.


46 posted on 07/07/2022 10:48:12 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: MarvinStinson

“Griner told the court she accidentally packed the vape cartridges in her luggage”

BS, she thought she could sneak her preferred narcotics through the airport and that nobody would check vape cartridges to see what was in them, and now that she got caught she expects the US government to bail her out because she’s a low tier celebrity.


47 posted on 07/07/2022 10:53:00 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: MarvinStinson

wrongfully detained.
I’d like to plead guilty, your honor.
Those two things don’t seem to go together.


48 posted on 07/07/2022 10:53:20 AM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: SamAdams76

LoL!

I’d love to see a youtube vid of her belting out the anthem, be cool if they played it before every sporting event..hahaha


49 posted on 07/07/2022 10:55:09 AM PDT by Bobalu (A dem asked what side I was for in Ukraine, I said "I'm against the commies" -- He got real pissed!)
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To: DarrellZero

you spelled week... er... weekend.. no.. Day, that’s it, wrong.


50 posted on 07/07/2022 10:55:24 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I hear Al Sharpasapin is sniffing around already


51 posted on 07/07/2022 10:56:42 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: DarrellZero

Well....heres to hoping that she doesnt get back till after 11/3/2022. And I’m guessing Russia does just that.


52 posted on 07/07/2022 11:01:57 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: woodbutcher1963

arms dealer for a pot head?

sounds like a democrat swap.


53 posted on 07/07/2022 11:08:22 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Sacajaweau

You’re welcome. I read that she was also ordered to Pay Child Support. She’s been very busy and now will have plenty of time to think about her life in the racist USA.


54 posted on 07/07/2022 11:14:12 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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To: cableguymn

Joe’s blaming Russia....Russia...Russia..Russia is and will not fall on deaf ears. Putin has heard this over and over with senile old man.

Not looking good for the American hating Griner.


55 posted on 07/07/2022 11:17:55 AM PDT by Kevin in California (EP)
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To: Kevin in California

Putin will be happy to return her to the US in a simple exchange—one Ukraine peace treaty on Russian terms.


56 posted on 07/07/2022 11:23:19 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: Jamestown1630

Hey...They ain’t black, lesbos, non citizens that protest against the USA. Biden could care less. They should be coming home first...at the least.


57 posted on 07/07/2022 11:40:52 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau

See post 44 - I was mistaken, and they have been released.


58 posted on 07/07/2022 11:45:06 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MarvinStinson

Russia - Please keep the America hating, overgrown, druggie ball dribbler.


59 posted on 07/07/2022 11:50:45 AM PDT by utax
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Leave this “hero” alone says the media


60 posted on 07/07/2022 11:50:58 AM PDT by italianquaker
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