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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on the president of the International Criminal Court and one of its top prosecutors as it continues a campaign to dismantle the tribunal<\/span>, which it accuses of trying to unfairly prosecute U.S. and Israeli soldiers for alleged crimes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Gaza.<\/p>\n

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The State Department said Tuesday it had hit ICC president Tomoko Akane, a Japanese national, and ICC senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, who is from Senegal, with sanctions that freeze any assets they have in U.S. jurisdictions or come into contact with the U.S. financial system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump Administration has been clear: the International Criminal Court is a corrupt and fatally politicized supranational court that has maliciously abused its authority and exceeded its mandate,\u201d Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. \u201cWe will not tolerate its assault on state sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The move is the latest by the Trump administration against the ICC, which it says has exceeded its mandate by investigating or trying soldiers, commanders and political officials from countries, such as Israel and the United States, that are not members of the court.<\/p>\n

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The ICC was quick to respond, as it has done when faced with previous Trump administration actions, saying that the sanctions \u201cundermine the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

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Associated Press writer Mike Corder in The Hague contributed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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