Biden fought for Brittney Griner but forgot about Fogel

‘Sunday Morning Futures’ anchor Maria Bartiromo reacts to WNBA player Brittney Griner’s national anthem comments after being detained in Russia.

On December 8, 2022, Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison in exchange for Viktor Bout, the "Merchant of Death," one of the world’s most dangerous and infamous arms dealers. She had been unjustly held by Vladimir Putin for 10 months, and we were glad to see her back in the United States – albeit in a rather lopsided swap deal.

While in captivity, Griner wrote to President Biden, urging him to "please don’t forget about me and the other American detainees. Please do all you can to bring us home."

He didn’t forget about her. Griner was promptly designated as "wrongfully detained" less than three months following her arrest and brought back to America by the end of the year.

Alongside the president at the White House, Biden proclaimed his administration is "going to continue to work to bring home every American who continues to endure such an injustice."

To be frank: That hasn’t happened.

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A year has passed since those empty words were spoken, and our Pittsburgh-area communities are still waiting for Marc Fogel, a local teacher serving 14 years in a hard labor Russian penal colony on bogus charges, to be released.

Marc has been detained overseas for much longer, since August 2021, in a similar case to Brittney Griner. During a routine stop at the Sheremetyevo Airport in Russia, he was stopped with medical marijuana, which had been prescribed to him for chronic back pain. Sadly, his case has not generated the same White House appeal as a well-known WNBA basketball player.

FORMER RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER TRADED FOR BRITTNEY GRINER RUNS