‘Taking ownership for my actions’: Griner on pleading guilty to Russian charges | CABLE EXCLUSIVE

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WNBA star Brittney Griner tells her story of being arrested and jailed in Russia in Part 2 of her cable exclusive interview with Joy Reid. Brittney and Joy talked about her trial, what it was like to be the first American woman imprisoned in a Russian gulag, and her reaction when she was finally freed, all detailed further in Griner’s book, “Coming Home.”

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