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ICC and dozens of nations rebuke Trump-ordered sanctions on court

Seventy-nine of the International Criminal Court's member nations and E.U. leaders blasted Trump's executive order.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa appear together in Dec. 2024.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa appear together in Dec. 2024. (AN/eurodebates.tv)

The International Criminal Court, dozens of nations and European leaders slammed U.S. President Donald Trump's order imposing sanctions aimed at blocking the court's investigations of Israel and the United States.

"The ICC condemns the issuance by the U.S. of an executive order seeking to impose sanctions on its officials and harm its independent and impartial judicial work," The Hague-based war crimes tribunal said on Friday.

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