WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released Thursday in a one-for-one prisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bout, multiple news agencies are reporting.
According to the report, Biden spoke with Griner and her wife.
Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist whose monthslong imprisonment on drug charges brought unprecedented attention to the population of wrongful detainees.
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