Russian news agency TASS has released a video of of WNBA player Brittney Griner being swapped for convicted Russian terrorist and arms dealer Viktor Bout at an Abu Dhabi airport. Griner is dressed in a red jacket while Bout approaches dressed in dark pants and shirt. “Bout shook the hands of a couple of people in the video before an obvious cut appeared in the film. The footage then resumes just moments later showing Griner walking away from Bout,” the Daily Wire reported.
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Russian news agency TASS publishes footage of the Brittney Griner/Viktor Bout exchange. pic.twitter.com/QmOItTEQ3O
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Critics noted the cut instantly, “and it appeared as though Griner was posturing herself to shake Bout’s right hand when the footage was cut,” the Daily Wire noted.
The outlet reported further that in 2011, Bout was convicted on charges of terrorism for attempting to supply tens of millions of dollars in anti-aircraft missiles to FARC rebels in Colombia so they could shoot down U.S. military helicopters.
“There’s a jump cut here at :13 as everyone is shaking hands and hugging and right before it looks like Griner maybe going in to shake hands with Bout?” political commentator Stephen L. Miller tweeted. “Probably not great optics there to have your star prisoner swap shaking hands with the most notorious arms dealer on the planet.”
Newsmax host Rob Schmitt tweeted in agreement: “You can tell Griner went in for a hands
