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Thawj Tswj Hwm Joe Biden rau hnub Thursday ua kev zoo siab rau kev tso tawm Asmeskas Tus ntaus pob ntaus pob Brittney Griner los ntawm Lavxias kev saib xyuas raws li kev ua tiav "peb tau ua haujlwm ntev," tab sis ntau tus Republicans sab saum toj tau thuam cov ntsiab lus ntawm qhov kev pom zoo-tshwj xeeb tshaj yog qhov kev txiav txim siab muab rau tus neeg muag riam phom uas muaj npe menyuam yaus. lub "Merchant of Death" mus rau Russia nyob rau hauv pauv.
Thawj Tswj Hwm Joe Biden hais txog kev tso tawm Olympian thiab WNBA player Brittney Griner los ntawm Lavxias … [+]
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Cov Lus Tseem Ceeb
Yav thaud Tus Thawj Coj Donald Trump sau npe rau qhov kev pom zoo "ib leeg," hu nws "kev txaj muag thiab tsis muaj kev ywj pheej rau Tebchaws Meskas" txij li Biden Administration tsis tuaj yeem lav qhov kev tso tawm ntawm Paul Whelan, tus qub tubrog nkoj uas tau nyob hauv tebchaws Russia txij li xyoo 2018 los ntawm kev iab liam ntawm spying-kev iab liam uas US thiab Whelan tsis lees paub.
Cov Thawj Coj Hauv Tsev Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) yog tus tsim cai lij choj GOP saum toj kawg nkaus los thuam qhov kev pom zoo, hu nws "khoom plig rau Vladimir Putin" thiab hais tias nws yog "tsis nco qab" Whelan tsis koom nrog.
Predictable firebrand Tus sawv cev Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tau tshwm sim muaj cov lus teb hnyav tshaj plaws, hais tias qhov kev tso tawm ntawm caj npab tus muag Viktor Bout yog "lwm qhov laj thawj rau foob Biden."
Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.) Thiab Lindsey Graham (RSC) ob leeg zoo siab tos txais Griner qhov kev tso tawm, tab sis Scott tau hu nws "tsis muaj zog & qias neeg" rau Asmeskas los pauv Bout, thaum Graham hais tias, "Nws yog ib qho tshuaj iab uas nqos tau uas Mr. Whelan tseem nyob hauv kev saib xyuas thaum peb tso tawm. 'Cov Neeg Ua Lag Luam Tuag' Viktor Bout rov qab mus rau Russia.
Tus sawv cev Adas Kinzinger: XNUMX Lab tus kiv cua tos koj rau Webtalk! (R-Ill.)-uas nquag tawm tsam nrog nws cov npoj yaig GOP uas yog ib qho ntawm ob pawg Republicans ua haujlwm hauv Pawg Pabcuam Tsev Lub Ib Hlis 6-tweeted Biden Administration tau qhia "tsis muaj zog" los ntawm kev ua tsis tiav Whelan tso tawm.
Tsis meej
Whelan hais CNN Hnub Thursday nws zoo siab rau Griner tab sis "kev poob siab heev uas tsis tau ua ntxiv los ua kom kuv tso tawm." Nws tsev neeg hais tias Hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm Biden Thawj Tswj Hwm "txiav txim siab yog" kom Griner tawm ntawm Russia tab sis lawv tseem "dhuav siab" Whelan tsis tuaj yeem suav nrog hauv qhov kev pom zoo.
Contra
Biden hais tias ntawm kev hais lus luv luv rau hnub Thursday, "Peb tsis tau hnov qab txog Paul Whelan," hais tias nws tsis yog kev xaiv uas Asmeskas yuav coj mus tsev." Whelan tsis tuaj yeem suav nrog hauv qhov kev pom zoo vim tias cov neeg Lavxias tau kho nws qhov xwm txheej "txawv" rau "qhov laj thawj tsis raug cai," raws li Biden.
Tus Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb
Griner, uas yog dav suav hais tias yog ib tus poj niam zoo tshaj plaws ntaus pob ncaws pob hauv ntiaj teb, raug ntes thaum Lub Ob Hlis 17 ntawm tshav dav hlau Moscow - tsuas yog ib lub lis piam ua ntej cov tub rog Lavxias tau nkag mus hauv Ukraine. Cov tub ceev xwm Lavxias tau hais tias Griner tau nqa cannabis hauv nws lub nra, uas yog txhaum cai hauv tebchaws Russia. Nws raug txim nyob rau lub yim hli ntuj rau cuaj xyoo nyob rau hauv lub txim txhaum cai tom qab ib tug sim US tub ceev xwm hais tias yog ib tug dag. Forbes thawj zaug tshaj tawm hauv lub Tsib Hlis tias US cov tub ceev xwm tau tham txog kev xa Bout rov qab mus rau Russia hauv kev pauv rau Griner, thiab Biden Administration tom qab tshaj tawm hais tias trading Bout rau Griner thiab Whelan. Bout tau raug txim mus rau 25 xyoo nyob rau hauv tsev lojcuj hauv 2012 tom qab raug txim ntawm kev npaj tua cov neeg Amelikas thiab koom tes muag ntau lab daus las 'nqi riam phom rau ib pab pawg neeg phem Colombian, ntawm lwm yam kev ua txhaum cai. Tom qab ntawd US Tus Kws Lij Choj Preet Bharara hu ua Sib tw "International arms trafficking enemy number one" hauv 2012.
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Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/12/08/unpatriotic-embarrassment-republicans-slam-bidens-deal-to-free-brittney-griner-as-paul-whelan-stays- hauv-russia/