BREAKING: US will repeal or deny visas to International Criminal Court staff seeking to investigate Americans, and may take similar action to protect Israelis or other allied forces from prosecution, Sec. Pompeo says.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said that the United States would repeal or deny visas to International Criminal Court staff seeking to investigate Americans abroad.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
The secretary of state said the administration has already begun to carry out the visa restrictions but did not offer any more details. He added that the ICC is a court of last resort that exercises its jurisdiction only when governments do not meet their responsibility to investigate and prosecute atrocities.The move represents"a thuggish attempt to penalize investigators at the International Criminal Court for doing their job — investigating war crimes," said"The Trump administration is trying an end run around accountability.
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