U.S. Embassy officials meet with Brittney Griner, WNBA star imprisoned in Russia

U.S. Embassy officials in Moscow on Thursday met with WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been held behind bars in Russia since February, the Biden administration said. 

Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison for drug possession in August, and her appeal was recently rejected by a Russian court. 

"We are told she's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One.