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Trump administration vows to โ€˜disableโ€™ International Criminal Court

US State Department ups pressure campaign on international tribunal, threatening allies who support investigations.

US vows campaign to end ICC โ€˜intolerable threatโ€™ to American sovereignty

The United States on Monday announced a campaign against the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing the tribunal of posing โ€œan intolerable threat to US sovereigntyโ€ and threatening sanctions. โ€œThe ICC and its friends are waging a war against our country, not with bullets or missiles, but with statutes, compacts and the force of so-called international law,โ€ Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a video statement. The State Department said in a statement the campaign will...