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Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges
not to prosecute Trump
By Humeyra Pamuk
Summary
-Washington wary of ICC action against Trump, officials after
his term ends in 2029
-US also wants ICC to drop probes into Israeli leaders and
US troops
-ICC's jurisdiction includes prosecuting sitting heads of
state for alleged crimes
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters)
-President Donald Trump's administration wants the International
Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does
not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a
Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S.
sanctions on the court if it did not.