thought she'd be returning to the United States with fellow Russian captive and US marine Paul Whelan when she was traded in a 'controversial' prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout in 2022, ABC's Robin Roberts revealed Tuesday.In giving a first look at the upcoming GMA interview, Roberts told her co-anchors that the star does address the trade that freed her after 10 months of captivity in Russia following her drug arrest in Moscow in February of 2022.'She said she got on the plane thinking that Paul Whelan was going to be on that plane, too,' Roberts told her co-hosts, while discussing Griner's organization aimed at helping other imprisoned Americans overseas. 'It's called 'Bringing Our Families Home,' to help with the effort to free other detainees.'
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