Bolton calls Russia 'hostage taker' in sentencing Griner to nearly 10-years of confinement
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Former U.N. Ambassador and National Security Advisor John Bolton says the Biden administration is mistakenly viewing WNBA star Brittney Griner's 9.5-year Russia prison sentence as a bargaining chip. He says the best way to "get Americans taken hostage freed is by putting pressure on the hostage taker." Bolton also stressed what he considers a mistake in trying to bargain with an authoritarian government.
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