Could Trump Be Called To Stand Trial In The Hague?......

[global1]

What if he pardons himself or is pardoned by Pence?

I think a case can be made that he is responsible for the deaths of 300,000+ Americans and counting.

[Blue Owl]

1. Would that it were so...

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

2. Answer: Why have Bush and Cheney never traveled outside US borders?

[jaxexpat]

4. Bingo!

[Coleman]

14. Doesn't matter

US citizens are not prosecutable by the ICC.

[PTWB]

3. No.

That's just not going to happen. His legal jeopardy will be in state court like New York.

[onenote]

5. No

[Turbineguy]

6. The Mossad

could always kidnap him....

[Arne]

7. Scotland has some charges.

[2naSalit]

8. A minimum of THREE counts of crimes against humanity.

We aren't members currently but that could change in January. If any of them try to escape to other countries who are members, it may not matter if we extradite them.

If Biden joins the ICC in Jan, we can send them there ourselves.

[onenote]

16. Biden can't unilaterally have the US join the ICC

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And he wouldn’t even if he could.

[Initech]

9. Not to mention the other crimes against humanity he's committed.

Like remember the immigrants being locked in cages and separated from their parents.

[Mc Mike]

17. Yep. Rec, nt.

[regnaD kciN]

10. Presidential pardons are only valid in U.S. federal courts...

...and are not binding on the U.N. or any other international body.

[Coleman]

11. US citizens do not fall under the authority of the ICC

We are not a signatory of the ICC agreement, so no US citizen can be tried under the ICC. Heck, their investigators are not permitted in the US.

[global1]

12. Did Trump Have Anything To Do With This?....

Why is the U.S. not a signatory?

[dware]

13. No, Pissolini had nothing to do with the US not being a signatory to the ICC,

it would have put US Military at risk of being tried by the ICC, and no US president is going to allow that.

In order for the US to become a member of the ICC, it would have to pass with 2/3rds approval of the Senate, and I'm pretty sure it would not reach that threshold in the Senate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court

[USALiberal]

15. No

[sarisataka]

18. No,

Nor should he, it is a matter we can handle ourselves.