Brittney Griner verdict: Biden slammed for lack of 'leverage' to bring WNBA star home
Fox News contributor Ari Fleischer unpacks WNBA player Brittney Griner’s sentencing to 9 years in prison and discusses U.S., Russia relations.
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CNN’s Bash blames wage gap for Griner arrest, claims player wouldn't have been in Russia if WNBA paid like NBA
CNN anchor Dana Bash wondered whether the gender wage gap between the NBA and WNBA prompted Brittney Griner to be in the wrong place at the wrong time just so she could earn a fraction of the money that male professional basketball players make.
Griner sentenced to nine years in prison by Russian judge
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years behind bars in a politically charged case that could lead to a high-stakes prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow.
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Russian court jails US basketball star Brittney Griner for 9 years over drug smuggling
The court "found the defendant guilty" of smuggling and possessing "a significant amount of narcotics", judge Anna Sotnikova told a court in the town of Khimki just outside Moscow. Sotnikova sentenced Griner, 31, to nine years in prison and said she would also have to pay a fine of one million rubles ($16,590). US President Joe Biden immediately released a statement, calling the Russian court's sentencing of Griner "unacceptable." "Russia is wrongfully detaining Brittney.
Russian court jails US basketball star for nine years over drug smuggling
KHIMKI: A Russian court on Thursday (Aug 4) sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison over drug smuggling as US President Joe Biden called the ruling "unacceptable".
Biden calls Brittney Griner sentence 'unacceptable'
Former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the verdict.
US basketball star sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia
A Russian court has sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years prison on drugs charges.