Brittney Griner's wife calls on Biden to help in WNBA star's release from Russian detainment

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WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is nearing 100 days of detainment in Russia but her wife, Cherelle Griner, wants to see more action by the U.S. government to bring her home. 

In her first appearance since Griner’s arrest on Feb. 17, Cherelle Griner told ABC’s "Good Morning America" that she wants to meet with President Joe Biden to expedite her wife’s return home, by any means necessary.  

Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury shoots a free throw against the Aces during the WNBA semifinals on Oct. 8, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images)

"Absolutely. I just keep hearing that he has the power. She’s a political pawn. So if they’re holding her because they want you to do something then I want you to do it," she told anchor Robin Roberts in an interview aired Wednesday. 

"At this point, I don’t even know who I’m getting back when she comes back."

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Cherelle Griner said she was "grateful" for her call with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but she is looking for the government to make good on its word of treating Griner’s return as a "top priority." 

"I don’t know," she replied with a sigh when Roberts asked if she felt the situation was being treated as such. "I was grateful for the call. You say she’s top priority, but I want to see it and I feel like to see it would be me seeing [Griner] on U.S. soil."

Mercury center Brittney Griner pauses on court during the Seattle Storm game Sept. 3, 2019, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Cherelle Griner says she has not spoken to the WNBA star on