Breitbart News reported early rumors that Biden might swap Russian gun-running supervillain Viktor Bout for U.S. citizen Brittney Griner.
Bout is a flamboyant arms dealer in his mid-50s with Russian military training. He became a billionaire by raiding the armories of the collapsing Soviet Union in the early 90s and using old Soviet cargo planes to transport his black-market weapons to conflict zones around the world. His gun sales have included weapons to every bad actor from al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, to both the Taliban and its enemies in Afghanistan.
Following Bout’s 2011 conviction, then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara said, “As the evidence at trial showed, Viktor Bout was ready to sell a weapons arsenal that would be the envy of some small countries. He aimed to sell those weapons to terrorists for the purpose of killing Americans. With today’s swift verdict, justice has been done and a very dangerous man will be behind bars.”
On December 8, CNN noted the swap of Bout has been swapped for Griner, and that Griner is on a plane headed back to the USA.
Biden Pushes Gun Control, Releases Convicted Arms Dealer in Prisoner Swap, All in Same Day
- by: AWR HAWKINS
- 12.08.22
- Source:
Breitbart
- 12/09/2022
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