WASHINGTON — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia and is now in U.S. custody, President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
“She is safe. She is on a plane. She is on her way home,” Biden said in a tweet.
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Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone with Griner from the Oval Office, a U.S. official said, adding that the call included Griner’s wife, Cherelle.
The Russian foreign ministry said it traded Griner for Russian citizen Viktor Bout, a former arms dealer.