On 'Fox News Sunday,' Shannon Bream investigates the White House's decision to trade WNBA's Brittney Griner for a Russian arms dealer and more political news.
i m glad she s home, i m deeply troubled at the imbalanced nature of this trade. john: safe to say this is not a trade your administration would have made? i think it s highly unlikely that we would have even considered that trade, given the approach that we take. i just remember when we secured the release of andrew brunson, it was all about economic pressure that was brought to bear, literally what we communicated to president erdogan, we were going to sanction individuals, individual industries, members of his government if they didn t release andrew brunson and at the end of the day he expedited him and pastor brunson came home. it s about using the economic power of the united states, the strength of our country to bring our people home. releasing a dangerous arms dealer at a time when russia is propagating this unconscionable
Turkey’s constitutional court this week rejected as “inadmissible” American Pastor Andrew Brunson’s appeal over rights violation for unlawfully arresting him and exceeding the legal limit of his detention. He was imprisoned for his faith for two years in that country.
The March for the Martyrs is in its third year with the aim of raising the spotlight on persecuted Christians throughout the world. The gathering is set to take place in Washington, D.C.