A State Department spokesman tweets that the American representatives 'saw firsthand her tenacity and perseverance despite her present circumstances.'
WASHINGTON — Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday, just weeks after a Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession.
Price said the Biden administration is continuing to press for the immediate release of Griner and Paul Whelan, who was sentenced in 2020 to 16 years in prison in Russia on espionage-related charges that he and his family say are bogus, and"fair treatment for every detained American." Griner was was convicted in August after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. Her arrest in February came at a time of heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington, just days before Russia sent troops into Ukraine. At that time, Griner was returning to play for a Russian team during the WNBA's offseason.
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