The Biden Administration is now offering to swap a pair of Americans imprisoned in Russia for a notorious arms dealer.
As National Review reports:
The Biden administration has offered to exchange a Russian arms trafficker currently serving prison time in the U.S. for two Americans detained in Russia, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.
President Joe Biden backed the prisoner swap after months of discussion within his administration, potentially setting up a win before the midterms, CNN reported Wednesday, citing several unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
The Department of Justice typically doesn’t support prisoner swaps, but DOJ officials eventually joined State Department and top White House officials in their plan to swap Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout for the two American prisoners.
Bout, who is known as the “Merchant of Death” was sentenced in 2012 to 25 years in prison on four counts of conspiring to kill Americans, acquiring and exporting anti-aircraft missiles, and providing material support to a terrorist organization.
Bout was originally arrested during a sting operation in 2008 at which time he was accused of smuggling weapons to the Colombian terrorist group with the intention of killing Americans.
Keep her in Russia, please. We have enough problems here in the States.
To expand terrorisim worldwide
Terrible idea. They can keep Griner, she hated it here. Make her apologize and admit she was wrong about treatment in the US if you do.
That basketball player is not worth letting this man that is reasonable for the deaths of thousands of people go free back to Russia to resume selling his deadly weapons to any dictator with the money to buy them!!
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Biden is a fool now we can have a Russian agent free and ready to kill more Americans just what democrats want. Maybe Biden can be hit number one. Then let a woman back in the US who does not like America. Great just what we need. What a horrific mess by a horrific mess Democrats
Trade biden for her!
That’s a lose lose situation
That’s a lose/lose…..
Russian arms dealer is one of few that Hunter Biden can purchase a gun from!
i remember her kneeling at her basketball games while the Anthem was playing ,and now she wants to come back to a country she hates
Keeping the arms dealer here from destroying anyone else is better than swapping. Griner hates America; why would she even want to come back? Most patriotic Americans don’t want her!
Russia can keep her!
Let’s go Brandon!!
Hooray!!!!