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murder rank	Thu Dec 11 20:12:44 US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not. If the court does not act on this U.S. demand and two others - dropping investigations of Israeli leaders over the Gaza war and formally ending an earlier probe of U.S. troops over their actions in Afghanistan - Washington may penalize more ICC officials and could sanction the court itself, the official said. Sanctioning the court would significantly escalate the U.S. campaign against the ICC, which has long been criticized by U.S. officials including both Republicans and Democrats, who say the court infringes on U.S. sovereignty. The Trump administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Washington has communicated its demands to ICC members, some of whom are U.S. allies, and has also made them known to the court. The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC in 2002 as a court of last resort, with the power to prosecute heads of state. The demand and the threat to resume the U.S. sanctions campaign towards the court have not been previously reported. WASHINGTON FEARS ACTION AFTER TRUMP'S TERM ENDS ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defense chief Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Ibrahim al-Masri last November for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Gaza conflict. In March 2020, prosecutors opened an investigation in Afghanistan that included possible crimes by U.S. troops. Since 2021, the court has deprioritized looking into the role of the U.S. but it has not formally ended its probe. To force the war tribunal to drop these charges, the U.S. earlier this year slapped sanctions on nine ICC officials, including judges and prosecutors. But it has stopped short of imposing sanctions on the court as an entity, which would severely disrupt the tribunal's work. "There is growing concern ... that in 2029 the ICC will turn its attention to the president, to the vice president, to the secretary of war and others, and pursue prosecutions against them," the Trump administration official said. "That is unacceptable, and we will not allow it to happen." The White House had no immediate comment on the matter. Any effort to change the Rome Statute to accommodate the U.S. demand would be slow and difficult, requiring approval of two-thirds of countries that have ratified the Rome Statute. Read the rest here: https://ww...ot-prosecute-trump-2025-12-10/
Paramount rank	Fri Dec 12 00:22:54 Mafia rules based order.
tumbleweed rank	Fri Dec 12 01:22:32 now that we're openly committing war crimes, yeah, makes sense provide no legal rationale, just threaten the courts & judges totally normal
Paramount rank	Fri Dec 12 08:49:06 We are back in the age of piracy, mass murder on the high seas, unabashed war crimes and genocide, so why not add Contempt of court to it.
murder rank	Fri Dec 12 16:19:14 Fuck the ICC, but fuck Trump too. Maybe they can fuck each other. -
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