“…George Clooney’s attorney wife Amal could face a ban from the US under proposed new sanctions from President Donald Trump.
The top international human rights lawyer, 47, and other high-profile British attorneys have reportedly been ‘cautioned’ by the the UK Foreign Office about receiving sanctions from Trump which would deny them entry to the United States, where the Clooneys own a home.
Per a Financial Times report last week, the warnings to the lawyers are ‘due to the legal advice they provided to the International Criminal Court in a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.’
Trump issued Executive Order 14203 – Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court in February – naming ICC official Karim Khan, who is from the UK.
He signed the orders to combat anti-Christian bias and condemn the ‘illegitimate and baseless’ charges against Netanyahu by the International Criminal Court.
Trump’s executive action added financial sanctions and travel restrictions against the organization’s officials in response to the arrest warrant for Netanyahu, which it issued in May 2024 as a result of the Israel-Hamas war…”