Biden's State Department Warned Brittney Griner NOT to Return to Russia (UPDATED)

The Biden administration worried that if Brittney Griner returned to Russia to play basketball a week before the Ukraine invasion she would be used as a bargaining chip.

UPDATE: President Biden traded Viktor Bout, the so-called 'Merchant of Death', for Russian basketball player Brittney Griner in a one-for-one prisoner exchange. Bout conspired to kill U.S. officials, deliver anti-aircraft missiles, and provide aid to a terrorist organization.¹ Sadly, Biden capitulated to Putin’s demands and agreed to allow former United …