WH Wants Deep Funding Cuts for War Crimes Investigations

Newsmax ^ | June 26, 2025 | Rooters Sewer Service

[Navy Patriot]

The White House on Wednesday recommended terminating U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in Myanmar, Syria and on alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine, according to two U.S. sources familiar with the matter and internal government documents reviewed by Reuters.

The recommendation from the Office of Management and Budget, which has not been previously reported, is not the final decision to end the programs since it gives the State Department the option to appeal.

But it sets up a potential back-and-forth between the OMB and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his aides, who will reply to OMB with their suggestions on which programs deserve to continue. The programs also include work in Iraq, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Gambia.

The State Department and OMB did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The expectation that Rubio would argue for many of the programs to be continued is slim, according to two U.S. officials. However, the top U.S. diplomat could make a case to keep crucial programs, such as aiding potential war crimes prosecutions in Ukraine, according to one source familiar with the matter.

The administration of President Donald Trump has frozen and then cut back billions of dollars of foreign aid since taking office Jan. 20 to ensure American-taxpayer money funds programs that are aligned with his "America first" policies.

The unprecedented cutbacks have effectively shut down its premier aid arm U.S. Agency for International Development, jeopardized the delivery of life-saving food and medical aid and thrown global humanitarian relief operations into chaos.

Among the programs that are recommended for termination is a $18 million State Department grant for Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office that is implemented by Georgetown University's International Criminal Justice Initiative, two sources said.

[Navy Patriot]

Rooters Sewer Service is distraught that their pet Kangaroo Courts are losing influence in America.

So sad...

[Red6]

All junk.

Political theater the tax payer is funding.

Again, Trump is spot on.

[DesertRhino]

It’s turned into a full employment scam for lawyers like Jack Smith and a playground for State Department people to criminalize politics. They target Russia but not Ukraine, Myanmar, but not the moslems there. Etc etc...

They get full employment by prosecuting foreigners, for things done elsewhere, having no American connection. We now hold that the entire world is fully subject to US federal courts.

“On April 7, 2025, Michael Sang Correa, an alleged former member of a Gambian death squad, stands trial in a US federal court in Denver, Colorado. Correa faces charges of torture and conspiracy to commit torture. Correa faces charges of torture and conspiracy to commit torture. This trial is possible because US laws recognize universal jurisdiction over certain serious crimes under international law, often termed atrocity crimes, including torture, genocide, and war crimes. Universal jurisdiction allows for investigating and prosecuting these crimes no matter where they were committed, and regardless of the nationality of the suspects or victims.”