In February, Trump issued an order targeting the ICC due to accusations of anti-U.S. bias and antisemitic behavior, specifically regarding the body’s move to issue arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant. The order, although focused on sanctioning ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, who is under investigation for alleged rape, also applied to the ICC’s 900 staff members and related personnel.
In her decision over the weekend, U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen ruled in favor of two human rights activists who had appealed the executive order in April. Although the Maine judge concluded that Trump’s directive violated First Amendment rights to free speech, she only blocked penalties from applying to the two U.S. plaintiffs in question,
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