>These two offenses are about as different as it gets. Usually
>prisoner swaps have some semblance of parity, but Griner’s
>celebrity drove the narrative here. What would be interesting
>to know is whether a Bout for Whelan swap was ever on the
>table prior to Griner’s arrest.

Can't follow your logic here, you think it would have made more sense to free an American who was as awful and did as heinous acts as Bout in exchange for Bout?

I don't understand the reasoning behind not trying to get the person least deserving to be in jail out first (unless I misunderstand you).





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