Trump administration renews pressure on International Criminal Court
Key takeaways
- The US says it will reject any effort by court to assert authority over citizens, days after three ICC judges sue over sanctions.
- The statement, made in a letter to ICC president Tomoko Akane, did not contain any new policy positions, but it represented the latest rhetorical salvo against the international court.
- “The ICC has acted in an increasingly lawless and illegitimate manner,” Todd Blanche, the acting US attorney general, wrote in the letter, which was released to the public on Thursday but is dated June 29.
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The US says it will reject any effort by court to assert authority over citizens, days after three ICC judges sue over sanctions.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Judges and prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague have faced a series of sanctions under the Trump administration [File: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Reuters]By Joseph Stepansky Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026The administration of United States President Donald Trump has once again denounced the International Criminal Court (ICC), pledging that any effort to assert authority over US citizens would be considered a “direct affront” against the country’s sovereignty.
The statement, made in a letter to ICC president Tomoko Akane, did not contain any new policy positions, but it represented the latest rhetorical salvo against the international court.