Imprisoned basketball player Brittney Griner has appealed to Joe Biden in a heartfelt letter, asking the president to help bring her home.
with a hearing where prosecutors detailed the case against the WNBA star. The first hearing featured testimony from two witnesses, including an employee of the Sheremetyevo airport customs services where Griner was detained after cannabis oil was discovered in her backpack. Griner is expected back in court for a second hearing on July 7.
In response to Griner’s letter, the White House National Security Council re-affirmed that the 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury player has been“President Biden has been clear about the need to see all US nationals who are held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad released, including Brittney Griner. The US government continues to work aggressively — using every available means — to bring her home,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement to AP.
“As a general proposition … I have got no higher priority than making sure that Americans who are being illegally detained in one way or another around the world come home,” Blinken said. But “I can’t comment in any detail on what we’re doing, except to say this is an absolute priority.” Phoenix Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard responded to Griner’s letter during a pre-game news conference on Monday.
“It made me cry, you know, just hearing her words talking about her father being a Vietnam vet, her new perspective on freedom, her wanting to be with her family and her teammates, her not knowing if she’ll ever be free again,” Nygaard said, adding that “it’s great that she was able to get that message to us and hopefully some people are paying attention to it.”
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