Biden ‘Just So Happened’ To Be Finalizing Prisoner Swap Right Before He Dropped Out Of 2024 Race: WH

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During a White House press briefing on Thursday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was asked about President Biden's work on the prisoner swap with Russia while weighing his own political future.

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00:00Jake, you noted that the President spoke to the leader of Slovenia right around the time

00:04he was making his decision on his political future.

00:07How much was the thinking that he had to go through on his future part of this process

00:14leading up to these negotiations?

00:16Was this something that weighed on him for days ahead of these calls?

00:20Look, to be honest with you, the way in which this unfolded played out over the course of

00:27weeks, even months, to put all of the pieces in place.

00:31So the timing and the cadence of the different elements coming together was a feature of

00:39the diplomacy and the decision-making of each of the countries involved.

00:42It wasn't about American politics, the American political calendar, the President's thinking

00:47on other issues.

00:49And it did happen to line up on that Sunday in that way, but not through a conscious decision

00:55to make it so, but rather because that's when the pieces were falling into place.

01:00And that's the moment when the President had to drop that final piece in.

01:04And it just so happened to come a couple of hours before he made his announcement.

01:07And when do you think we will actually see them on American soil?

01:09Will the President greet them in person?

01:12I think you can expect to see Evan, Paul, and also later tonight on American soil.

01:22And as the President mentioned in his remarks earlier, they'll be landing at Andrews Air

01:27Force Base.

01:29The President and the Vice President will be out there to greet them.

01:32Vladimir Karamurza is going to be traveling to Germany.

01:37And his family, who was here with the President this morning, will be traveling there to join

01:40him.

01:41But as Vladimir and the President discussed today, we expect him back here in the United

01:46States soon for him to be able to see the President and other people in the U.S.

01:51Government.

Biden ‘Just So Happened’ To Be Finalizing Prisoner Swap Right Before He Dropped Out Of 2024 Race: WH

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