Breaking news! Marine screams at Joe Biden! Asks why he's still in a Russian jail after 6 foot 9 inch Brittney Griner was released!

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Former US Marine Paul Whelan said Thursday that “I don’t understand why I’m still sitting here” in a Russian prison, adding he was “disappointed” that the Biden administration has not done more to get him out after WNBA star Brittney Griner was sprung.

“I am greatly disappointed that more has not been done to secure my release,


“I was arrested for a crime that never occurred,” Whelan added. “I don’t understand why I’m still sitting here.”



The former Marine, who was detained at a Moscow hotel and accused of espionage in December 2018, said he feels like he’s been left behind by the Biden White House.

“My bags are packed. I’m ready to go home. I just need an airplane to come and get me,” he pleaded.




Whelan, who was convicted in June 2020 and sentenced to 16 years in prison, said he was happy for Griner and her family, but claimed he “was led to believe that things were moving in the right direction, and that the governments were negotiating and that something would happen fairly soon.”

Biden administration officials said they had tried to negotiate Whelan’s release along with Griner, but it came down to a “choice between bringing home one particular American, Brittney Griner, or bringing home none.”