Brittney Griner’s nine-year sentence in a Russian prison is an “abuse of power,” Sen. Ted Cruz said in Dallas on Friday— but he declined to say whether a...
‘It is wrong ... an unjust detention,’ GOP senator says in interview at CPAC about the Olympic basketball gold medalist from Houston.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during the second day of Conservative Political Action Conference at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.Brittney Griner’s nine-year sentence in a Russian prison is an “abuse of power,” Sen. Ted Cruz said in Dallas on Friday — but he declined to say whether a prisoner swap is the best way to bring the WNBA player and native Texan home.during a brief interview at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. “It is an abuse of power.
Cruz, who along with Sen. John Cornyn supported a Senate resolution which described Griner as wrongfully detained, called on President Joe Biden’s administration “to use the leverage they have to free her from this abusive prosecution by the Russian government.”The statements were the first public comments Cruz made about Griner since she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison on drug charges.
The conviction also sets up the potential for high-stakes negotiations between the Russian and American governments. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed that the United States has proposed a trade involving Griner and Paul Whelan, another American held by Russia, in exchange for Russian arms merchant Viktor Bout.Cruz declined to comment on the proposed trade Friday, citing the sensitivity of the negotiations.
“The dynamic of hostage negotiations are always complicated, so I don’t want to negotiate them in public,” he said. “But I believe Brittney Griner needs to come home and come home to Texas.”
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