Did the Trump Admin Agree to Free 5,000 Taliban Prisoners?

In early December 2022, we received inquiries from readers who asked if it was true that former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had previously agreed to an exchange that released 5,000 Taliban prisoners. They also wanted to know if Trump had at one time planned to invite Taliban leaders to Camp David.

We soon found that all of this was true.

Both of these old news items made a comeback on social media following the Dec. 8, 2022, release of WNBA star Brittney Griner. Griner was freed from a Russian prison in exchange for the U.S. releasing "notorious Russian arms dealer" Viktor Bout, The Associated Press reported.