US sanctions ICC judges: Because who needs international law anyway?
The Trump administration is officially treating the International Criminal Court like a hostile foreign power after they dared to issue warrants for Netanyahu.
So, Marco Rubio just dropped the hammer on two top officials at the International Criminal Court. We are talking about the court's president and a senior trial lawyer, both now officially under US sanctions. Basically, if they have any assets stateside, they are frozen. Poof.
The move is a retaliation for the ICC having the audacity to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump and his team have made it crystal clear: they view the ICC as a threat to sovereignty. Rubio is now leading a full-on campaign to dismantle the tribunal, leaning on other countries to ditch it while threatening everyone else who supports it.
Netanyahu is obviously a fan, calling the court a kangaroo operation. Meanwhile, human rights groups and the UN are screaming that this is a total abandonment of justice. The US is now essentially sanctioning judges for doing their actual jobs.
It is a bold strategy to protect your friends by trying to bankrupt the people holding the gavel.
Source: UPI
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