America is now threatening the International Criminal Court with fresh US sanctions if it refuses to amend its own rulebook to shield Donald Trump and his senior officials from potential prosecution

The White House has launched an extraordinary bid to strong-arm the International Criminal Court into rewriting its own rulebook to shield Donald Trump and his senior officials from potential prosecution.

America is now threatening the court with fresh US sanctions if it refuses, a senior official has revealed. In a move that dramatically escalates Washington’s long-running feud with the Hague-based tribunal, the official said the White House wants amendments to the ICC’s founding Rome Statute.

The Trump administration wants to ensure the Republican president and his top team are off-lim

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