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leaving whelan behind. in exchange, the u.s. released viktor bout, a notorious arms dealer. let me bring our experts to talk about this swap. luke, what do you think? was it a it feels a little unbalanced. it was a bad deal for the u.s., unfortunately, and a good deal for russia. we re talking about a, a basketball star who was framed by their spy agency, versus a prolific arms dealer who has committed alleged crimes all over the world. i think the other sort of thing from a u.s. perspective is the precedent it sets. essentially vladamir putin believes that anything can be traded, any deal can be made. when the west talks about human rights, it s hypocritical, and it s all about power and money. and this kind of confirms the
but only griner was on a plane out of russia on thursday, leaving whelan behind. in exchange, the u.s. released viktor bout, a notorious arms dealer. we bring back our experts to talk about this swap. luke, what do you think? was it a it feels a little unbalanced. it was a bad deal for the u.s., unfortunately, and a good keel for russia. we re talking about a, a basketball star who was framed by their spy agency, versus a prolific arms dealer who has committed alleged crimes all over the world. i think the other sort of thing from a u.s. perspective is the precedent it sets. essentially vladamir putin believes anything can be traded. any deal can be made. when the west talks about human rights, it s hypocritical, and it s all about power and money. and this confirms the sort of
department and the precedent that it sets. no doubt about it, this is an important moment. particularly for the justices in this country. it is the case of a seditious trial to be brought and it is the government s attempt to as they see it, get justice for january 6th. they went after this group of people who are part of a militia known as the oath keepers . a far right group that used to be antigovernment and then when donald trump came to power, they started backing donald trump and want him to continue in power even after the 2020 election that he did not win. and the founder of the oath keepers is stewart rhodes and
to pay damages but the damages in his you are not enough to end jones. now that is changing, he thinks this is enough money to mark the beginning of the end for somebody like alexjones. i think most important is the precedent it sets. this could be a warning sign to other people all over the world, including here in the uk who have taken from alex jones playbook and usedit taken from alex jones playbook and used it to try to deny terror attacks. it is something i m investigating for a podcast series we have coming out and a documentary because victims of attacks and tragedies, people who have lived through the worst day of their lives, are having to then experience these conspiracies and abuse of the back of them and for them this is a really important moment. it feels like people have not been listening and now they are under message could not be louder and clearer from the court that this matters and that conspiracy theories have a real world effect and can harm people. real-world