When Megan Rapinoe received a call from President Biden letting her know he was awarding her the Medal of Freedom, she used the opportunity to make a private ask: to take more steps to secure Brittney Griner's release from detention in Russia.
U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe was surely ecstatic earlier this summer to receive a call from President Joe Biden letting her know he was awarding her the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor a president can bestow. But the famously politically-active Olympian didn’t let the celebratory moment stop her from making a request of the most powerful man in the world.
“I know the administration is working really hard to get her home, it’s obviously a difficult situation, but we need to get her home immediately,”during an interview with ABC News in July. “I think we can do more, I think we can always do more.” But progress remains elusive. The basketball star’s camp is currently in wait-and-see mode as the case continues to make its way through the Russian legal system with Griner’s Russian legal team earlier this week appealing her conviction on drug smuggling charges. Many of the biggest advocates for her release have largely gone quiet in an attempt not to disrupt ongoing negotiations: Griner’s wife has ceased participating in national media appearances for the moment. A Russian officialthat the U.
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