US Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens described his experience greeting American basketball player Brittney Griner on the tarmac in the UAE after a prisoner swap.
Fox News contributor Mike Pompeo unpacks several foreign and domestic policy issues including the Brittney Griner swap for Viktor Bout and his feud with American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten.onto the U.S. plane following a prisoner exchange for convicted Russian arms dealer Vitkor Bout described the experience of flying home with the pro-athlete.
"When she finally got onto the U.S. plane. I said, ‘Brittney, you must have been through a lot over the last ten months. Here's your seat. Please feel free to decompress. We'll give you your space.’ And she said, ‘Oh, no. I've been in prison for ten months now, listening to Russian. I want to talk. But first of all, who are these guys?’" Carstens said.
Asked what Griner said of her 10-month ordeal being held in a Russian penal colony, Carstens said he"would hate to steal her thunder" in relaying too much of her story but that she spoke at length about the experience. American basketball star Brittney Griner gets out of a plane after landing at the JBSA-Kelly Field Annex runway on December 9, 2022 in San Antonio, after she was released from a Russian prison in exchange for a notorious arms dealer.
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