Trump Admin accuses ICC of corruption, authorizes sanctions | FULL PRESS BRIEFING

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order sanctioning officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating alleged war crimes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

The order puts broad restrictions on any individual, and possibly their families, believed to be involved with efforts to investigate, detain or prosecute Americans for war crimes.

“Despite repeated calls by the United States and our allies to reform, the International Criminal Court has taken no action to reform itself and continues to pursue politically-motivated investigations against us and our allies, including Israel,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement.

The court, which sits in the Hague, is designed to investigate issues like war crimes and genocide, but its jurisdiction is limited to countries that have signed on to the Rome Statute. The U.S. has not. The United Nations Security Council can also refer cases to the ICC, but the U.S. has veto power and would likely block any such attempts.

The tribunal has long come under fire from the Trump administration, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attacking it as a “nakedly political body,” and imposing visa restrictions on the court’s chief prosecutor and investigators involved with the Afghanistan probe.

Top administration officials hammered the international judicial body during a press conference Thursday featuring Pompeo, Attorney General Bill Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and National Secretary Advisor Robert O’Brien.
You can read more here: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/502236-trump-signs-order-sanctioning-officials-at-international-court

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