I'm not familiar with the case of the other American they are asking for who is accused of espionage, but Griner literally broke Russian drug laws. I don't think anyone disputes that.
While she may be traded for something the Russians are interested in, she wasn't arrested to use as a bargaining chip, and the US would have done the same to a foreign national that broke our laws.
I'm not familiar with the case of the other American they are asking for who is accused of espionage, but Griner literally broke Russian drug laws. I don't think anyone disputes that.
While she may be traded for something the Russians are interested in, she wasn't arrested to use as a bargaining chip, and the US would have done the same to a foreign national that broke our laws.
Right because we totally take the 40+ million of illegal aliens to trial for breaking our laws…
Try going through customs with an illegal drug. That's where she got arrested in Russia.
Griner broke American drug laws too, didn't she? Cannabis is still illegal at the federal level, even if she's not being prosecuted for it.
True. It would be hilarious if the US got her freed only to jail her upon her return. One can dream.
Would have? We do it all the damn time. Mexican drug runners are arrested quite often and Mexico doesn't freak the fuck out.