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The Brittany Griner trial in Russia has developed this cadence. The American basketball star

walks in, heavily guarded. She's often led by an officer with a fierce-looking dog.

And then she's put in a cage right behind her lawyers. Sometimes, as things get started,

she'll hold up pictures of her wife, of her WNDA teammates. It seems like she's saying,

I've got people out there. Don't forget about me. Griner has already pleaded guilty to drug

charges. She got caught carrying vape cartridges filled with cannabis oil. And that's part of what

makes this spectacle so strange. This trial, it's going forward even though the Russian government

has already won. So I think what the Russians are looking for is a political win on the propaganda side.

Former journalist Doug Ferra has been following Griner's trial from afar. The pictures are very

impactful, and I think she looks like a prisoner. And for someone, you know, in the cage,

it's certainly conveys that she's, you know, has no way out.

But what if Brittany Griner did have a way out?

Overseas now where WNBA star Brittany Griner was in court today testifying about her drug charges

that the State Department has made an offer to Moscow to bring her home.

In the last few weeks, American diplomats have all but confirmed that they've offered Russia a deal,

a prisoner swap. Who might be exchanged for whom remains a little unclear. In addition to Brittany

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