International Criminal Court condemns U.S. sanctions order

pbs.com ^ | June 12, 2020 | The Associated Press

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has condemned the Trump administration’s decision to authorize sanctions against court staff, saying it amounted to “an unacceptable attempt to interfere with the rule of law and the Court’s judicial proceedings.”

An executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday authorizes sanctions against ICC staff investigating American troops and intelligence officials and those of allied nations, including Israel, for possible war crimes in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Trump’s order would block the financial assets of court employees and bar them and their immediate relatives from entering the United States. MORE AT LINK

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Below, President Trump's Executive Order regarding the Interanational Criminal Court, the letter he sent Congress about it, and the White House Press Secretary's information regarding this action .

 

• Statement from the Press Secretary [today]

  6/11/2020, 4:06:44 PM · by ransomnote · 2 replies

  whitehouse.gov ^ | 6/11/20 | White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany

  As part of President Donald J. Trump's steadfast commitment to protecting American service members and defending our national sovereignty, the President has authorized economic sanctions against International Criminal Court officials directly engaged with any effort to investigate or prosecute United States personnel without the consent of the United States.  The President has also authorized the expansion of visa restrictions against International Criminal Court officials and their family members.The United States is not a State Party to the Rome Statute and has repeatedly rejected the International Criminal Court's assertions of jurisdiction over United States personnel. The International Criminal Court's...

• Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate [suspension of entry]

  6/11/2020, 4:02:41 PM · by ransomnote · 12 replies

  whitehouse.gov ^ | 6/11/20 | President Donald J Trump

   

• Executive Order on Blocking Property Of Certain Persons Associated With The International Criminal Court

  6/11/2020, 3:56:23 PM · by ransomnote · 15 replies

  whitehouse.gov ^ | June 11, 2020 | President Donald J Trump

   

 

[occamrzr06]

They should send their Army to sanction. Us.........oh wait

[Amberdawn]

About time! Let these scum lawyers go pound sand. There was a group of lawyers in the UK who messed up a bunch of Tommies lives with their vile lawsuits.

[freedumb2003]

Dear IC

Screw You.

[Don Corleone]

The International Criminal Court

So, how many divisions do you have?

[deadrock]

No more free ride in a country they hate. What a shame.

[The Antiyuppie]

Screw ‘em.

They would not do this kind of crap with the Russians, because they know that the Russians would rescue...many...of their citizens from their clutches while creating a VASTLY and WILDLY disproprtionate amount of “collateral damage.”

[ronnie raygun]

Criminals