President Joe Biden spoke with the family of an American wrongfully detained in Russia a day after there was an outcry because he communicated with the family of another American imprisoned there.
Biden spoke with Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner, on Thursday following a significant public push for such a call from the president, though the family of Paul Whelan, an American who is serving a 16-year prison sentence for allegedly being a U.S. spy, expressed frustration with what Elizabeth Whelan, his sister, described as "uneven" treatment for the families of Americans wrongfully detained abroad.
"We hope that some reasonable agreement can be made to see both Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner come home as soon as possible," Elizabeth Whelan said. After the president spoke with Cherelle Griner, Whelan told the Washington Examiner:"We can't expect that the president is going to, you know, hand call and ... write letters to every detainee, but if he decides to do it with one family, he needs to do it with all, and this was my frustration."
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