According to several reports, President Biden spoke with the wife of a basketball player who has been held in Russia for months on drug charges, days after the player wrote a letter to the president pleading for her release.
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Biden spoke with Cherelle, who has been asking the president to speak to her about her wife.
Biden read Cherelle's response to the letter she wrote to him.
The White House said that Biden told Cherelle that he was working to secure the release of other Americans who had been wrongly imprisoned.
Cherelle didn't comment on her call with the President.
A player for the Phoenix Mercury has been held in Russia since February after her luggage was found to contain a substance that was believed to be marijuana. Lindsay Kagawa Colas shared excerpts of the letter Biden received from the basketball star. She asked that Biden not forget about her and the other Americans. The trial is expected to last two months. If he is found guilty, the Olympian will face 10 years in prison. The Griners were supposed to speak over the phone in June, but the local embassy did not connect the call.
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