{"id":22063,"date":"2022-07-22T07:46:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/you-s-john-cornyn-ted-cruz-say-brittney-griner-is-wrongfully-detained-call-for-her-release\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T07:46:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:46:56","slug":"you-s-john-cornyn-ted-cruz-say-brittney-griner-is-wrongfully-detained-call-for-her-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/you-s-john-cornyn-ted-cruz-say-brittney-griner-is-wrongfully-detained-call-for-her-release\/","title":{"rendered":"You s. John Cornyn, Ted Cruz say Brittney Griner is ‘wrongfully detained,’ call for her release"},"content":{"rendered":"
Texas US Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are supporting a resolution saying Brittney Griner was \u201cwrongfully detained\u201d in Russia on charges of transporting drugs and calling for her immediate release.<\/p>\n
the resolution was written to match a similar one that already passed the House; it was sponsored by Cornyn and Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden from Oregon.<\/p>\n
The resolution calls on the Russian government to immediately free Griner, expresses support for the Griner family and calls for the US government to press for Griner’s release at every turn, as well as that of Paul Whelan and \u201call prisoners unjustly imprisoned in the Russian Federation \u201d Whelan, a former Marine, is detained in Russia on accusations of espionage.<\/p>\n