Judges of the International Criminal Court Sue Trump, Demand US Lift Travel Bans and Asset Freezes

Three judges of the International Criminal Court — Kimberly Prost, Solomy Balungi Bossa and Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou — file a lawsuit in New York accusing Donald Trump and senior US officials of imposing unlawful travel bans and asset freezes and asking a federal court to lift them.The complaint names Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Bradley Smith, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and details how the measures block banking, credit cards and access to online services.The judges say the sanctions were imposed as reprisals for International Criminal Court investigations into Israel, including a 2024 arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, and they cite earlier US sanctions on court staff and later partial rollbacks by the Biden administration for context.
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