POMPEO: ‘WE WEREN'T GOING TO TRADE BAD GUYS FOR CELEBRITIES’: Former CIA Director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the freedom of WNBA star Brittney Griner was not worth the early release from an American prison of notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the “Merchant of Death.”
In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Pompeo would not confirm a claim from former national security adviser John Bolton about whether former President Donald Trump had turned down a deal to trade Bout for former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was not included in the prisoner swap. “I don't want to talk about the private conversations I had. Ambassador Bolton is free to say whatever he might like, but we were very focused on getting Paul Whelan out, every American back home.
“And if Mr. Bout decides to go back to his previous line of work, then we're going to do what we need to do to hold him accountable and to protect our interests.”TRUMP: ‘I WOULDN’T HAVE MADE THE DEAL FOR A HUNDRED PEOPLE’: On his Truth Social account, Trump insisted he would have freed Whelan and that Griner would not have been arrested had he been in office.
“I also have to say here that President Trump wasn't especially interested in engaging in that swap for also Paul Whelan. He was not particularly interested in Paul's case in the way that one would have thought he would be.”Good Monday morning and welcome to Jamie McIntyre’s Daily on Defense, written and compiled by Washington Examiner National Security Senior Writer Jamie McIntyre and edited by Stacey Dec. Email here with tips, suggestions, calendar items, and anything else.
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