cold front.
>> All right. Breaking news
this morning. WNBA player
Brittney Griner just read
enough.
With Russian arms dealer.
Yes, this news came really
within the hour. Our legal
analyst Brian Wice is joining
us live on the Zoom Call.
Brian, good morning. What was
your was your first reaction
to this news
this morning?
>> All it is the ultimate
feel-good story during the
holiday season. Make
no mistake from Britney first
around for everybody in this
great country that knows this
is the absolute right thing
to do. Joy inhalation. But make
no mistake, there’s going to
be questions asked. Why was
this one from one swap? Why did
we let it get to one of the
all-time bad guys in the annals
of criminal jurisprudence be
part of the swap them. Why
isn’t Paul Whelan coming home
as well? Make no mistake.
This is a situation where there
are tears of joy and they’re
going to be tears of
frustration as well.
I want.
>> I’m sure, Brian and going
back to the SWAC now that
prisoner had a long and lengthy
criminal history. Was this an
equal trade with him and
Britney? Would you say?
>> Boy, that is tough because
we’re talking about real life
slash in blood people. And
there’s no way that Britt knew
could ever want to believe for
a millisecond. This wasn’t a
fair trade, but from 35,000
feet, Cynthia is not. We’re
looking at a guy is only done
11 of 25 years who that
Attorney General Eric Holder
basically said that this guy
may not be in a class by
himself when it comes to
dealers. But it doesn’t take
long to call the role. On the
other hand, you had Britney
doing 10 an 11 year sentence.
And again, I really think
there’s a couple of things that
need to be made. Coaching your
number one, anybody who is even
thinking about getting on a
plane to Russia, don’t. That’s
number one. Number 2 to the
dogs and the knuckleheads who
run not only Russia, but it’s
criminal justice system.
There is a special place in
h*** for you. Not in this life,
but hopefully in the next one
civilian.
>> Looking bright. If we go
back to the beginning, I mean,
without question what was done
to Brittney Griner was
completely unfair. And I guess
if you’d asked Russia, they’d
say the same thing about Victor
Boot. But obviously we see it
differently.
>> You’re 1000% in love.
Regardless what Victor Voe was
convicted of and then he
deserved every one of the 365
days of the 25 years that he
was assessed in federal prison.
We have a system that is second
to none in terms of due process
and then the worse of an
individual you are. The more
due process works to your
benefit. What happened to
Britney Griner own and again,
you do that to them. It in 3.75
boxes. And in mid-May, I say
that what happened was a
kangaroo court that we’ve been
getting. Caterer is a bad name.
Anybody who believes that due
process is extend Russia say
again, Russia is were due
process goes to die.
>> Brian, you go back to
talking about Paul Whelan not
included in this swap who is
also being held in Russia.
Like you said, lots of tears,
especially of shore for his
family.
>> I think what was it least
somewhat confident to Paul
Whelan and his family was
President Biden’s assertion
that he will be brought home
its some point again, not a
question of death. It’s a
question of when, but I know
that in this situation that
Britney ensure l are obviously
the weighted. There’s an old
saying that if you haven’t done
time in a Russian prison, you
have and on time to see what
Brittney Griner, he’s gone
through for the last 10 months
is unspeakable. We can only all
we can only pray that the same
forces that brought Brittney
home today with the stars being
a line that are somehow line
some point for Paul Whelan in
the not too distant future.
Guys.
>> KPRC, 2 legal analyst Brian
with reaction to the late
breaking news this morning.
That Brittney Griner has been
freed from Russian penal colony
in a prisoner swap Well, that’s
actually a Russian thought he
was going home to do whatever
Russian folks do back there.