Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
25%
4 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Politics
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Trump administration prepares sanctions against International Criminal Court, sources say
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sources → prepare → Court
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 - President Donald Trump's administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would step up its attack on the global tribunal that prosecutes war crimes and genocide worldwide.
The Trump administration has made no secret of its disdain for the court and has worked to undermine it.
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administration → prepare → it
US officials want the court to drop its arrest warrants against Israeli leaders as well as a past probe into American troops in Afghanistan.
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court → want → Afghanistan
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in July announced a campaign to isolate the court, calling on other countries to withdraw from the tribunal.
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Rubio → announce → tribunal
Washington has imposed sanctions on a number of ICC judges and prosecutors but has so far held off from imposing sanctions on the court itself, although the move has long been considered as one of the options.
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move → impose → options
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Department → respond → comment
Sanctions against the court have been prepared, the sources said, even though the exact timing of an announcement remained unclear.
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timing → prepare → announcement
The Wall Street Journal cited officials who said the decision could be finalized as soon as this week during the United Nations General Assembly meeting.
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decision → cite → meeting
Targeting the entire organization directly, as well as entities that cooperate with it, could severely undermine the court's work.
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that → target → work
Any entity-wide sanctions imposed by the US Treasury would prohibit US citizens and companies from providing funds, goods, or services to the court without a license from the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
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sanctions → impose → Control
Banks often over-comply with such US sanctions because they depend on access to the American financial system.
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they → comply → system
Among the court's operations that could be affected by sanctions against the entire organization are the purchasing of IT services and insurance, the hiring of investigators and conducting everyday financial transactions, such as paying dozens of American employees, the ICC's registrar and president have warned.
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registrar → affect → employees
Trump's opposition to the court goes back to his first term.
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opposition → go → term
It surfaced again with a plan to penalize ICC officials, an idea developed in November 2024 when Trump was reelected and the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict.
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ICC → surface → conflict
The ICC was established in 2002 by the international community to prosecute war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
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ICC → establish → humanity
It asserts jurisdiction only if a member state is unable or unwilling to prosecute atrocities itself.
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state → assert → atrocities
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