State Department officials meet with Griner's WNBA team

Updated Jun. 13, 2022 2:55 p.m. ET

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department officials met Monday with representatives of Brittney Griner's WNBA team about the Phoenix Mercury

The State Department confirmed the meeting, which involved officials from its specialized office that advocates for hostages and wrongfully detained Americans, but offered no additional details about what was said or who specifically attended.

The administration has previously said that its working to bring

Griner was detained on Feb. 17 at an airport in Russia after authorities there said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing a cannabis derivative. In May, the State Department reclassified Griner as wrongfully detained and transferred oversight of her case to the State Department Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, or SPEHA.