""This is rogue state behavior," one expert said."
""There is growing concern ... that in 2029 the ICC will turn its attention to the president, to the vice president, to the secretary of war and others, and pursue prosecutions against them," the Trump administration official told Reuters."
""That is unacceptable, and we will not allow it to happen.""
U.S. officials are pressuring the International Criminal Court to amend the Rome Statute to create an exemption preventing prosecution of President Donald Trump and senior administration officials. The United States has threatened additional sanctions if the court does not change its founding document. U.S. demands also include dropping ICC investigations into Israeli leaders Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant and an inquiry into alleged war crimes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. A U.S. official expressed concern that the ICC might pursue prosecutions of the president, vice president, secretary of war and others around 2029. An expert described the conduct as "rogue state behavior."
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