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International Criminal Court condemns U.S. sanctions order
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| June 12, 2020
| The Associated Press
Posted on 06/12/2020 4:14:03 PM PDT by ransomnote
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
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bolton; icc; maga; ussanctions
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 .
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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...
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To: ransomnote
They should send their Army to sanction. Us.........oh wait
To: ransomnote
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.
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posted on
06/12/2020 4:27:38 PM PDT
by
Amberdawn
(Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
To: occamrzr06
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posted on
06/12/2020 4:29:12 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("DonÂ’t mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
To: ransomnote
The International Criminal Court
So, how many divisions do you have?
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posted on
06/12/2020 4:33:54 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
To: ransomnote
No more free ride in a country they hate. What a shame.
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posted on
06/12/2020 4:37:34 PM PDT
by
deadrock
To: ransomnote
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.
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posted on
06/12/2020 5:49:54 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: occamrzr06
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posted on
06/13/2020 5:11:43 AM PDT
by
ronnie raygun
(silence is golden, I will not kneel)
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