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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They never learn and don't know what humility is. She will get worse, like Kaepernick.
We should at least make her do a video of herself singing the national anthem before we let her back in.
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
Trevor Reed and Paul Whealen were released in a prisoner swap about three weeks after that article was posted.
I’m glad to know that. I heard someone speaking of it on the radio today as if it was ongoing.
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.
“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.
wrongfully detained.
I’d like to plead guilty, your honor.
Those two things don’t seem to go together.
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
you spelled week... er... weekend.. no.. Day, that’s it, wrong.
I hear Al Sharpasapin is sniffing around already
Well....heres to hoping that she doesnt get back till after 11/3/2022. And I’m guessing Russia does just that.
arms dealer for a pot head?
sounds like a democrat swap.
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.
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.
Putin will be happy to return her to the US in a simple exchange—one Ukraine peace treaty on Russian terms.
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.
See post 44 - I was mistaken, and they have been released.
Russia - Please keep the America hating, overgrown, druggie ball dribbler.
Leave this “hero” alone says the media
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