“WNBA star Brittney Griner has landed on American soil after 10 months detained in Russia.
“Griner landed at Kelly Airfield in San Antonio at 4:29 a.m. local time. She was brought to Brooke Army Medical Center, where she is undergoing evaluation and was reunited with her wife, Cherelle Griner.
“During an afternoon news briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Brittney Griner is in very good spirits and appears to be in good health.
“The 32-year-old Houston native was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony earlier this year after authorities there found cannabis oil in her luggage, sentencing her to nine years.
“The Biden administration negotiated her release in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.”
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