Former U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson played a major role in a prisoner swap in April that resulted in Trevor Reed's return to the U.S. after he spent three years in a Moscow jail. Now he's trying to do the same for WNBA star Brittney Griner.
WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for drug charges. earlier this year has made his way to Moscow in an effort to do the same for WNBA star Brittney Griner.
Bill Richardson played a major role in a prisoner swap in April that resulted in Trevor Reed's return to the U.S. after he spent three years in a Moscow jail.
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