In her public statement, Griner thanked President Joe Biden and added that she would use her platform to fight to bring imprisoned ex-Marine Paul Whelan home from Russia. Whelan is a U.S. citizen and former Marine that was detained at a Moscow hotel in December 2018 and arrested on espionage charges.
"President Biden, you brought me home and I know you are committed to bringing Paul Whelan and all Americans home too," she wrote."I will use my platform to do whatever I can to help you. I also encourage everyone that played a part in bringing me home to continue their efforts to bring all Americans home. Every family deserves to be whole.
"I also want to make one thing very clear: I intend to play basketball for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury this season, and in doing so, I look forward to being able to say ‘thank you’ to those of you who advocated, wrote, and posted for me in person soon," she wrote. The Mercury season kicks off this Spring and Griner will be making a much-anticipated return to the WNBA court.
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