ICC faces double-hit: New US president threatens while top prosecutor under investigation

The International Criminal Courts future looks shaky after Donald Trump won the election Earlier this year Karim Khan the ICC prosecutor asked for arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders which made US lawmakers mad

US Congress members dont like ICCʼs work on Israel-Palestine case; Senate leader John Thune wants quick-action sanctions. Trump could just sign an order to cut-off ICC from money systems — like he did about 4 years ago when ICC looked into US actions in Afghanistan

• ICC got praise for going after Vladimir Putin for Ukraine crimes
• Same lawmakers now attack court for Israel case
• US shows different views based on who ICC investigates

The court has more issues: last month Khan got hit with bad news — claims of wrong-doing with a female co-worker (which he says arent true). Internal watchdog group said they cant do much since the person didnt want to make official complaint

I will fully co-operate with the new inquiry

ICC needs better ways to check its top people; a study from few years back showed staff dont trust internal complaint system. Now court leaders say theyll get outside help to look into everything: both the misconduct claims and possible state attempts to hurt ICCʼs work

While this mess goes on ICC keeps working on arrest warrants and other cases but Khan gave daily control to his deputies till investigation ends. With Trump coming back ICC member countries need to show how sanctions hurt US interests; but first the court must fix its own problems