SINCE CLUELESS BIDEN CALLED PUTIN A 'KILLER' AND 'WAR CRIMINAL', THE BEST HE CAN DO IS HAVE AN OFFICIAL FROM OUR EMBASSY DROP IN FOR A 'HELLO' EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE

Ex-spook says Brittney Griner still in Russian custody as Joe Biden lacks 'gravitas' of Donald Trump

'The Biden administration doesn't have what it takes to negotiate this deal,' said Buck Sexton 

 

By Meenal Chathli 

 

 

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Jul 8, 2022

 

 

 

Sexton feels Brittney Griner (C) would have been back home by now if the White House operated differently 

 

 

Former CIA officer Buck Sexton feels Phoenix Mercury player Brittney Griner continues to remain in Russian custody because President Joe Biden and his administration lack the "gravitas" of former President Donald Trump. 

 

The 31-year-old Women's National Basketball Association player was detained by Russian Customs in February 2022 after cartridges containing hashish oil were found in her luggage. During her trial on July 1, Griner pled guilty to the charges but added, "There was no intent. I didn't want to break the law."

 

 

Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom in Khimki, just outside Moscow

 

 

Meanwhile, Sexton and his co-host, Clay Travis, told Fox News that Griner would have been back home by now if the White House operated differently. "We just have to add 'foreign policy' and 'clout on the foreign stage' to the areas of the utter failure of the Biden administration," said Sexton.

 

He further claimed that former president Barack Obama chose Biden as his 2008 running mate due to his concentration in foreign policy which led to "disaster." The radio and television host cited reports the attorney for US-held Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout claimed Moscow will agree to swap Griner for the man known as the "Merchant of Death" if prompted, as per the portal.

 

"That would be quite a move. But from the Biden administration, would it be surprising? I don't think so," he said. Bout is serving 25 years on convictions of conspiracy to use anti-aircraft missiles, conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, and conspiracy to kill United States nationals.

 

Referring to Paul Whelan, who has toiled in a Russian labor camp since 2018, Sexton said that he wants all captive Americans home. "The Biden administration doesn't have what it takes to negotiate this deal – obviously doesn't have the kind of personal gravitas, with Vladimir Putin that would help move the needle. And the Russians know this," he said.

 

He claimed that Russia is aware of Biden's incompetence. Travis said the "double standard" is that Trump would have likely already secured her release, and referred to cases including the UCLA basketball players in China and rapper A$AP Rocky in Sweden. "Donald Trump would have had her back more than Biden has," said Travis.

Previously, Griner wrote a letter to Biden and told him that his candidacy was her first-ever vote. "I voted for the first time in 2020 and I voted for you. I believe in you. I still have so much good to do with my freedom that you can help restore. I miss my wife! I miss my family! I miss my teammates! It kills me to know they are suffering so much right now. I am grateful for whatever you can do at this moment to get me home."