Bill Richardson, a diplomat and former governor of New Mexico, reportedly was in Moscow this week meeting with Russian officials as the U.S. continues its efforts to free Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan
The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the former governor’s nonprofit, did not comment on the meetings when asked by CNN. Additionally, a senior official in President Joe Biden’s administration said that anyone “who’s going to Russia is going as a private citizen and they don’t speak for the U.S. government.”In response to Richardson’s efforts, a senior administration official told CNN the White House has repeatedlyin an attempt to free Griner and Whelan.
Richardson, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 1997 to ’98, played a role in the prisoner swap that brought home former Marine Trevor Reed after three years of imprisonment in Russia. Reed, like Griner, had a nine-year prison sentence.
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