Brittney Griner

Speaking to reporters after the midterm elections, President Joe Biden reiterated that he is "determined" to get Brittney Griner home and hopeful Russian ...

"The U.S. "In the subsequent weeks, despite a lack of good faith negotiation by the Russians, the U.S. Colas said her team remains in "close contact" with the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the decision was "another failure of justice, compounding the injustice of her detention." She last saw her attorneys the day before. Griner's last contact with anyone from outside the jail was Thursday when U.S. officials declared in May that Griner was being wrongfully detained and have called her trial and appeal political theater. The transfer began Friday, her lawyers said, a day after U.S. government and the Richardson Center, a private organization run by Bill Richardson that works to bring detained Americans home. Griner's agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, released a statement Tuesday night, saying: "Our primary concern continues to be BG's health and well-being. Typically, her attorneys had said, a transfer takes weeks or months. embassy officials visited her and far ahead of the schedule they had anticipated after Griner's appeal was denied Oct.