{"id":47320,"date":"2026-07-16T12:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=47320"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:27:57","slug":"todd-blanche-tells-icc-to-pound-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=47320","title":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche Tells ICC to pound sand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day all. Decades ago, the The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court created the International Criminal Court, (Among other things). This court would have jurisdiction of the signatory\u2019s citizens in certain matters. Basically, the court was set up to deal with crimes against humanity when the local courts couldn\u2019t or wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n


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Two countries that did not sign this treaty were the United States and Israel. Bot nations have good, solid judicial systems and courts of justice. However, the ICC, has pretty much ignored the fact that the United States and Israel do not recognize the ICC, and have decided that Prime Minister Netanyahu and a few others in Israel should be arrested anywhere they and sent to the Hague.<\/p>\n

There have also been calls to bring American soldiers and in some cases, elected officials to stand before the ICC. This led to the United States passing the American Service-Members’ Protection Act<\/a> in 2002. This act authorizes the President to use whatever tools are required to gain the return of any Americans dragged to the ICC, up to and including military force. This has led to the act being nicknamed the \u201cInvade the Hague or Bomb the Hague Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Since then there have been a few idiots at the Hague who thought that they had authority to do whatever they wanted regarding the United States. Almost always, these actions have been quietly stopped, probably when someone told the prosecutors that tried indicting Americans, we would be very angry and that they wouldn\u2019t like the United States to be angry. Well, it looks like the ICC is once again getting to big for it\u2019s britches and Acting Attorney General Blanche read them the riot act. Here are the details from Newsmax<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told the International Criminal Court that the Justice Department “unequivocally rejects” any assertion of jurisdiction over U.S. citizens.<\/b><\/p>\n

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In his Monday\u00a0letter<\/a>, Blanche warned that Washington will refuse to cooperate with the tribunal’s investigations and won’t extradite Americans under its warrants.<\/b><\/p>\n

I wonder what brought this on? I know that certain parties have not been happy with the United States blowing drug boats out of the water, taking out drug cartel leaders, and, of course, Operation Yoink where the United States removed and arrested Nicolas Maduro. They\u2019ve also been pretty P.O\u2019d about blowing Iran\u2019s nuclear project into uranium dust, killing their leadership and destroying their military capabilities. They\u2019re also not to happy with all the Oil tankers not moving through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

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The Justice Department made the letter public Thursday, escalating <\/a>the Trump administration’s confrontation with the Hague-based court and signaling it won’t recognize the court’s authority over Americans.<\/b><\/p>\n

Well, we\u2019ve never recognized the ICC since it\u2019s founding. This isn\u2019t news.<\/p>\n

In the letter to the court’s president, Judge Tomoko Akane, Blanche wrote that the court “has acted in an increasingly lawless and illegitimate manner,” repeatedly asserting jurisdiction over countries that have not consented to its authority and failing to defer to national courts before pursuing investigations, which he said were “driven as much by political pressure and institutional self-interest as by legal merit.”<\/b><\/p>\n

He said the court’s record raises “serious doubts about the ICC’s impartiality, credibility, and legitimacy.” <\/b><\/p>\n

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The International Criminal Court has no credibility, has all the impartiality of the January 6th<\/sup> Committee with about as much legitimacy. Also, as I mentioned above, the United States never signed on to or agrees with the The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the existence of the ICC. This is something that Mr. Blanche reminded that pack of jumped up losers.<\/p>\n

Blanche cited the 2002 American Servicemembers’ Protection Act<\/a>, which rejects the court’s jurisdiction over Americans and authorizes the president to use all means necessary and appropriate to secure the release of any American detained under a court warrant or request.<\/b><\/p>\n

That authority, Blanche wrote, “will be taken seriously and, if required, fully exercised to protect our people.”<\/b><\/p>\n

The statute covers service members, government officials, and civilians. <\/b><\/p>\n

I have located a representation of what would happen if the United States were forced to activate the Invade the Hague Act and send in a team to free an American.<\/p>\n