Update(8:50ET): During his announcement from the White House, with Griner's family present, Biden spent a lot of time defending his administration from widespread accusations that Griner's release was prioritized because of her fame while at the same time other detained Americans were left behind.

"This was not a choice of which American to bring home," Biden said while vowing to continue working on freeing detained US Marine veteran Paul Whelan. 61-year old teacher Marc Fogel is also languishing in Russian prison.

You left a Marine to rot so you could get Twitter likes for freeing a celebrity who hates America. USE_REAL_LINKXKJxiNrxXK

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 8, 2022

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