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See terms Donald Trump, Pete Hexseth and those around them are terrified. Today. They're terrified because the International Criminal Court is increasing its possible inquiries and ultimately future investigations into the American president, into the Secretary of Defense and other officials for everything from the illegal drones, the illegal boat strikes we've seen in the southern Caribbean, to possible war crimes in Iran and more. They're terrified about the prospect of possibly having an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court out for them. And because of that, they are escalating efforts over the past 24 hours to shut down the International Court. But this will not happen. And an arrest warrant, while it can't be enforced in the United States of America because the US Is in a party to the Rome Statute, the statute that established the International Criminal Court. It can be enforced in countries across the globe and preempting any possible investigation and ultimate prosecution by the International Criminal Court, Trump has dispatched Secretary of State Marco Rubio to undermine the court's efforts and ultimately try to dismantle it completely. Is it going to work? No. But I want to talk about where we stand. I'm going to talk about why they should be scared. And I'm going to talk about what it really means to dismantle the International Criminal Court. Because it's not just Trump and Hecseth who may face prosecution in front of this court in the future. We're talking about some of the worst war criminals across the world, from militia leaders to dictators, autocrats. These individuals either have arrest warrants out for them by the International Criminal Court from anything from genocide to war crimes, or they're under investigation or some already even serving time behind bars. This is a story that not many people are covering, but it's one that I think is critically important that everyone needs to know. Make sure to subscribe as we're on the road to a million subscribers here so that more people can see this. And if you hear my daughter cooing in the background, my four month old, it's because she's with me this morning and I want to make sure that even she is educated with what's happening in this world right now. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is escalating pressure on the International Criminal Court to dismantle, to essentially fire those involved, to break down the court as much as possible. He's calling on all members of the International Criminal Court to withdraw from the Rome Statute and say we no longer are subject to the court's jurisdiction. Take a listen.
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Here's how I reconcile it. We're not members of the icc. We never signed that treaty, we never joined it. And they somehow claim that they have a right nonetheless to go after non treaty members and put heads of state and others in jail. We've long had quarrels with them. And we have lunatics and crazies involved in the ICC that are talking about charging members of the US military, maybe even the President or a future president, with crimes. It's not going to happen. It's just not going to happen. We are not members of that court. We never signed on to that treaty. They need to understand that if people want to sign in and be a part of that stupid organization, they can. But we're not going to be a part of it. And they're not going to apply their jurisdiction to Americans. That's just not going to happen. We're not going to tolerate it now or in the future. And we've warned them about it repeatedly. And now they're going to see the consequences of ignoring us.
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And now they're going to see the consequences of ignoring us. A key statement there is Marco Rubio confirmed that members of the International Court Criminal Court are actively discussing the prosecution of US Military leaders like Pete Hexseth, the Secretary of Defense, and even the American President. And while the effort to undermine the International Criminal Court is, is fastly increasing because overnight this is what happened. Venezuela decided we're going to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. In a statement, the US State Department says the US Welcomes the decision by Interim President Delsey Rodriguez and Venezuela to withdraw from the ICC and the new Venezuelan government's partnership on American led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless icc. The so called court has been investigating, in quotes, Nicolas Maduro since 2018 with no result. The ICC has instead wasted its resources on investigating and charging persons from countries that have competent independent judicial systems and which have never submitted to the jurisdiction of the court. This is a blatant overreach, political bias and selective enforcement. The ICC is neither credible, independent nor legitimate. Thanks to President Trump's leadership and the efforts of brave American service members, Maduro is now facing justice in US Court for the crimes he has committed. It is time to dismantle the icc. The US calls on all members of the ICC to withdraw from the Rome Statute. This is a significant statement and it's also a contradictory one because they go on to talk, they, they start by saying the ICC's investigating, Maduro investigating, right. As though Maduro is such a good guy that these investigations are bs, which is not true. Nicolas Maduro starved his own people, really. I mean, a horrible, horrible individual. And then at the same time says, well, the United States is going to prosecute Maduro, so we don't have to. The ICC doesn't have to worry about it. The ICC shouldn't have jurisdiction, but the United States is going to prosecute. But it's not just the State Department. See Benjamin Netanyahu, an individual Prime Minister of Israel who faces war crimes prosecution in front of the icc. An active arrest warrant as we speak. Said that he spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and once again, quote, reaffirmed to me the United States intention to act forcefully against the International Criminal Court. The ICC endangers justice around the world and it also threatens the right of democratic sovereign states to exercise their sovereignty. In effect, it seeks to subject their security to the decisions of a corrupt cliff in the Hague. But I want to talk about the International Criminal Court because states statements like this from Netanyahu or Rubio, it's just wrong and it's out of fear. They're making many of these statements right now. This is what the world map looks like. In blue are countries that are signed on to the Rome statute. It's about 125 countries that are subject to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and the Hague. And I want you to look at something very interesting here. And I think if you just look at a map for a few minutes, you'll realize what I'm talking about. The countries in blue, most of them, not all. Most of them are democracies. Some of them are some of the highest rated democracies, like in Europe, for example, Sweden, Norway, Finland. The countries in gray are countries that are not subject to the icc, have refused jurisdiction, refused to sign on to the Rome Statute. Look at the countries in gray. You have countries with autocrats leading them and dictators leading them, like Russia, China. You have countries like the United States of America who refused to sign on to the ICC's jurisdiction. Several countries in the Middle east as well, where there have been documented evidence of war crimes. Several countries in Africa where there have been documented evidence of war crimes. And I'm going to talk about that now. Why is this map important? Well, because the reason why Trump is hell bent on dismantling the International Criminal Court right now is because he knows that if an arrest warrant is issued for his arrest, ultimately he's not going to be prosecuted in the United States of America. And icc, Interpol, for example, which is the international prosecutor, like the arrest agency, police agency, they don't have the ability to just walk right into Washington, D.C. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and walk Donald Trump out in handcuffs. They don't have that capability because they don't have any jurisdiction in the United States. But it complicates things very quickly for the American president. And we've seen it happen to Netanyahu already. Because say Trump wants to go to Europe. Say Trump wants to go to Europe. Say he wants to go to France. Say he has to go to Germany for a NATO summit or for a G7 summit. He can't legally go there without possibly facing criminal prosecution. And while in Germany and France they would effectuate that arrest warrant. Likely he can't go to Australia. He can't go to Japan, South Korea, Brazil, where he is actively meddling in an election, Mexico, Canada. He can't go any of these places because they are parties to the ICC and to the Rome Statute. They are obligated to effectuate an arrest warrant. That right there complicates things. And it's not just during his presidency. It's also after his presidency. See, Donald Trump after leaving office, if he ever leaves office, is going to want to go and travel to many of he's going to want to visit his golf club, for example, in Aberdeen in Scotland. He wouldn't be able to do that with an active arrest Warrant active out for his arrest. But I want to talk about the ICC generally, because the jurisdiction of the court, and this is directly from the Rome Statute, these are the crimes they look at. Because dismantling the ICC is not just going to harm prosecution attempts of Trump, Netanyahu and other individuals in Western nations or in America's allies. It's also going to harm the prosecution of other people that many people don't talk about. And I'm going to go through some of these cases. They prosecute the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, crimes of aggression. They divine genocide as the killing members of the group causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of a specific group, acts committed with the intent to destroy and whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. They prosecute crimes against humanity like murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation or forcible transfer of population, torture, sexual slavery, persecution against an identified group or religion or national, ethnic, cultural group. These are the things they're prosecuting. Breaches of the Geneva Convention. That's what they're prosecuting. And I want to go through three examples of cases that many people aren't talking about. Right. They're not talking about them because ultimately they're not well known. But this is some of the work the ICC does. You don't know this man. Most people don't know this man. His name is Dominic Ongwin. Dominic Angwin is a Ugandan former child soldier and former commander of one of the brigades of the Ugandan guerrilla group Lords Resistance Army. He was detained in 2014, and in 2021, the International Criminal Court convicted him of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rapid rape, torture and enslavement. He was sentenced to 25 years in the Hague. Ogon Quinn was the lowest ranking of the five LRA leaders for whom the ICC issued their first ever arrest warrants in June 2005. He's the only one the court succeeded in detaining, and with the exception of the leader, Joseph Kony is the only one now left alive. He was initially charged with four counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity. The crimes were allegedly committed on or about May 20, 2004 at the Lukoti IDP camp in the Gulu district in Uganda. But let me, let me continue his victim list. 4,107 victims. 4,000 victims. He committed attacks against civilian populations at the IDP camp in Pajul and Odeq and Abak, including murder, torture, cruel treatment, forced marriage, the conscription and use of children under the age of 15 to participate actively in hostilities in the Sinai Brigade. I mean, just horrific, horrific crimes. He's not the only one. I want to introduce you to this man. This man, his name is, is Bosco Nangad. Bosco is a Rwandan warlord and convicted war criminal. See, he fought for the Rwandan Patriotic army and participated in the overthrow of the Hutu led Rwandan government following the Rwandan genocide. According to witnesses, he committed horrific crimes, including enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15, using them to participate in hostilities. In addition, he was charged with the sexual slavery of civilians, the rape, murder, and recruitment of child soldiers, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, the longest ever sentence handed down by the International Criminal Court. And so you have cases like those of really bad people right now in the Hague, serving decades in prison for horrific crimes. If Donald Trump is successful in dismantling the International Criminal Court, there would be no international body that would have jurisdiction to go after individuals like that. Those who enslave children, those who torture civilians, warlords. It's not just. We're not just talking about Netanyahu and Trump here. We're talking about a whole lot of folks. And right now, the United States government is trying to dismantle it because Donald Trump is terrified that he could be next. Like Comment Share get the word out. Subscribe to Help us get to a million subscribers and I'll see you soon.
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