{"id":2402786,"date":"2025-02-14T14:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-trump-traded-money-launderer-for-fogel-but-biden-traded-merchant-of-death-for-brittney-griner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:43:21","slug":"yes-trump-traded-money-launderer-for-fogel-but-biden-traded-merchant-of-death-for-brittney-griner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-trump-traded-money-launderer-for-fogel-but-biden-traded-merchant-of-death-for-brittney-griner\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Trump Traded Money Launderer for Fogel, But Biden Traded &#8216;Merchant of Death&#8217; for Brittney Griner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyes-trump-traded-money-launderer-for-fogel-but-biden-traded-merchant-of-death-for-brittney-griner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the contrasting approaches to prisoner swaps taken\u200c by former Presidents Donald Trump and Joe \u2063Biden. It asserts that trump, during his presidency, successfully negotiated the release of Marc Fogel, an American teacher\u2064 imprisoned in Russia for \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-arrest-pennsylvania-woman-accused-of-stealing-pelosis-laptop\/\" title=\"Feds Arrest Pennsylvania Woman Accused of Stealing Pelosi\u2019s Laptop\">charges related<\/a> \u200cto medical\u200d marijuana, by\u2064 exchanging\u2064 him\u200b for a non-violent Russian cybercriminal, Alexander Vinnik. Trump claimed he had to\u2064 give up &#8220;not much&#8221; in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the \u200cpiece criticizes Biden&#8217;s \u200ddecision to trade Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known for important criminal \u200dactivity,\u2063 for WNBA \u200cplayer Brittney Griner, stating that this exchange may have endanger \u200blives due to Bout\u2019s potential return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-alternate-chinese-movie-endings-will-blow-your-mind\/\" title=\"These Alternate Chinese Movie Endings Will Blow Your Mind\">arms dealing<\/a>. The commentary suggests that Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-explains-nato-stance-after-negotiating-story-draws-controversy\/\" title=\"... clarifies NATO stance amid controversial negotiation story\">negotiation tactics yielded<\/a> a better outcome, framing him\u200b as a more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">skilled deal-maker compared<\/a> to Biden. Throughout the article, \u2064there is a clear bias favoring Trump while disparaging Biden\u2019s actions and intentions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump loves his country, has a record of advancing Americans&rsquo; interests, and knows how to make a deal.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, turnip-brained former President Joe Biden spent most of his lengthy and shameful political career selling out his country and enriching his family at the public&rsquo;s expense.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, when negotiating prisoner swaps, it stands to reason that Trump would reach a far better agreement than Biden did.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the White House on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-teacher-trump-rescued-russia-gut-punches-media-10-seconds-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> greeted Marc Fogel, an American teacher arrested in Russia in August 2021 on charges related to medical marijuana and held in a Russian prison ever since. Steve Witkoff, Trump&rsquo;s friend and chief negotiator, secured Fogel&rsquo;s release.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by a reporter what he gave up in exchange for Fogel, Trump replied &ldquo;not much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the president always tells the truth, but he has seldom spoken truer words than those.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2025\/feb\/12\/trump-trade-marc-fogel-involved-alexander-vinnik-r\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Times<\/a>, Trump secured Fogel&rsquo;s release by agreeing to exchange Alexander Vinnik, a Russian cybercriminal who pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Trump swapped a non-violent Russian criminal for a teacher who committed no actual crime under American law.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, on the other hand, freed a man whose subsequent activities might already have resulted in the loss of life.<\/p>\n<p>Under similar circumstances in 2022, Biden traded Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed the &ldquo;Merchant of Death,&rdquo; in exchange for WNBA player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-griner-bout-wnba-star-freed-us-russia-prisoner-swap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brittney Griner<\/a>, imprisoned in Russia on authentic but comparatively insignificant drug charges.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in August, Bout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/merchant-death-biden-harris-traded-brittney-griner-already-back-old-ways-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> resumed his old arms-dealing ways.<\/p>\n<p>Worse yet, he agreed to supply $10 million worth of automatic weapons to the Yemen-based, Iranian-backed Houthis, a terror group that had targeted nearly 100 ships in the Red Sea, including American warships and merchant vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Bout neither confirmed nor denied the report.<\/p>\n<p>Griner, of course, was in prison more as a political tool than a hardened criminal, though she did break Russian law.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the fact remains that Biden purchased a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brittney-griner-changes-tune-national-anthem-first-game-back-since-russian-imprisonment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">woke basketball player&rsquo;s<\/a> freedom at the near-certain cost of other people&rsquo;s lives.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Trump exchanged a non-violent criminal who committed cryptocurrency-related crimes, the details of which many would probably find bewildering.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the ultimate deal-maker president told the truth when he said that he had freed Fogel at the cost of &ldquo;not much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In contrast, former President Joe Biden has spent much of his long political career compromising national interests for personal gain. 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