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Trump Greenlights Sanctions Against International Criminal Court Investigators

The ICC recently announced it was looking into war crimes allegations against the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now, the Trump administration is pushing back with an executive order targeting ICC staff.
A trio of judges oversee a trial in 2017, at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

Two months after the International Criminal Court greenlit an investigation into potential war crimes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the Trump administration is pushing back.

President Trump has

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