Speaker Johnson: Congress reviewing possible actions against ICC after Israel arrest warrants

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress is "reviewing all our options right now" against the International Criminal Court, following their announcement they are seeking arrest warrants against the Israeli leaders.
"If the ICC is allowed to threaten Israel's leaders, we know that America will be next. There is a reason that we've never endorsed the International Criminal Court because it is a direct affront to our own sovereignty," said Johnson Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill.
"We don't put any international body among or above American sovereignty and Israel does that. It doesn't do that either. Congress is reviewing all of our options right now. We have some very aggressive legislation that we're going to push."
ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan says he's seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged crimes linked to the war in Gaza, including intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population and using starvation as a weapon of war.
Khan is also seeking warrants against three Hamas leaders over the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack that ignited the war.
Israel’s top justice officials - Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Prosecutor Amit Aisman- issued a statement on Wednesday calling the ICC allegations against Israel “unfounded.”
They said Israel’s legal offices “thoroughly examine all credible allegations of violations of the law by state officials, and enforce the law” adding that the ICC “lacks jurisdiction to conduct an investigation into the matter.”
Human right groups have long accused Israel of failing to investigate or punish its security forces over violence committed against Palestinians.
Johnson was also asked about the case against former president Donald Trump in New York.
"What we've what we've said about what's happening in Manhattan is I've called it a disgrace because it is it's clearly lawfare," said Johnson.
"Everybody knows what's going on. Everybody, if you look at this objectively, there's no way to to look at this in any other way. The case is patently absurd. You've had every every legal analyst, across the board acknowledge as much. It needs to, it needs to be handled quickly. And I hope that he will be fully acquitted there and we can move forward. But the damage has been done. They're doing real damage to our system of justice itself."
Trump has been charged with falsifying records at his company in order to disguise the true nature of payments made in 2017 to one of his lawyers, Michael Cohen.
Prosecutors say the money was for Cohen's work suppressing negative stories about his boss during the 2016 presidential campaign, including one about an alleged sexual encounter with a porn actor, Stormy Daniels. Trump, who denies Daniels' account, has said the company properly classified them as legal expenses.

[@cocofluff]

This smacks of desperation for AIPAC campaign donations. We see right through you and it's shameful.

[@czarcastic1458]

You have no problem with Act Blue?

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@czarcastic1458 NO, because they're not supporting a COUP, TAKEOVER of our Government, and a Wannabe Dictator with 91 indictments, But hey, Nice attempt at a WHATABOUTISM, it's all you Fox "News" watchers know how to do.

[@Moby878]

@@czarcastic1458you have no problem bribing whoever lets you Anex the West Bank! Blue! Red! Saudi!

[@MarkSmith-qk2rl]

You should sit back and see what he did with it !! Instead you jump to conclusions !! A democrat motto. Guilty until proven innocent ! Shame on YOU !

[@alab3657]

He gets around 1,000,000$ from Israel. He passes bills to send Israel over 400,000,000,000$, then turns his back when they commit war crimes and land theft, then isreal pays him the money we sent them from the tax payers. Pretty good scam, Only ones dumb enough to fall for it are neo cons and the right wingers. .

[@rimelbakery9609]

This is called arrogance, hegemony and being above the so called international law.

[@hishammajeed5642]

Dude work for US citizens not A Foreign government, oh sorry you are working for those who paid you

[@christineexum]

HE IS PROTECTING AMERICA FROM BEING ATTACKED ON OUR OWN SOIL!!!! THANKS TO PUPPET JOE/RASHIDA/OMAR AND ALL SILLY DEMOCRAT VOTERS!

[@rondent2879]

Like Russia

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

Proof? Didn't think so...

[@shabbaranks7968]

@@TheOneManWhoBeatYouproof of donations? Are you insane?

[@shalahuddinumar3386]

@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou checkout AIPAC tracker. Or the AIPAC report

[@rudolfespinola9231]

These guys are criminals, plain and simple.

[@jeffme6891]

That's what happens when a party nominates a CRIMINAL!

[@EdwardYoung-df6hc]

Like trump

[@thane816]

@@EdwardYoung-df6hc They're all evil!

[@josefeibl8230]

​@@EdwardYoung-df6hcmore likely Bidumb.

[@bobanmilisavljevic7857]

​@@EdwardYoung-df6hc you love biden

[@fazlarrahman6137]

What's happened if anyone talks like criminals and supports genocide.

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

We know who pays their bills

[@johnohara197]

We all know who pay's Hamas terrorist's bills also!

[@antonioguerra6441]

We are not going to allow any outsider to judge us! We will continue to investigate ourselves like we’ve always done and will continue our long standing practice of never find ourselves guilty! If we find ourselves not guilty & anyone dares to contradicts us we will sanction them!

[@davidclark573]

Johnson ius too stupid about foreign affairs to be making decisions.

[@jamesshepherd8565]

​@@davidclark573let me guess you're a FSO?

[@rebeccamead4557]

Biden man? 😂 on the ⬛​@@davidclark573

[@kellytaylor6397]

ARE YOU ON DRUGS...48 PEOPLE IN REHAB.

[@yaaghobrahmani4928]

درود بر پریزیدنت دونالد ترامپ باغیرت ترین رئیس جمهور تاریخ آمریکا و امریکا را به شکوه و عظمت رساند زنده باد دونالد ترامپ باغیرت و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و قهرمان و

[@mariechhandover817]

Speaker Johnson has many faces. Which one is he displaying now? No human being knows.

[@josephshields2922]

The face of a foreign agent.

[@jglee6721]

So who is worse, McCarthy of Johnson? You can't change speaker every few months. That's even worse.

[@brucehirsch5437]

Tell that to the Republicans...​@@jglee6721

[@EdLion35CT]

Why doesn't the speaker and congress focus on America and stop meddling in foreign affairs? Who elected us to be the world's police and judge?

[@christineexum]

SO WE WONT BE ATTACKED ON OUR OWN SOIL!!!! VERY IMPORTANT. ISRAEL HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE AND TO DEFEND IT SELF!!!! ALOT OF EVIL NOW IN THE WORLD BECOUSE OF WEAK DEMENTED JOE BIDEN , HE'S RASHIDAS/OMAR'S PUPPET!!!!!!!!!!!! AMERICA WAKE UP!

[@bobanmilisavljevic7857]

​@@dbptwg go back to being a cat lady

[@kellytaylor6397]

ARE YOU F ING KIDDING. YOU PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW HISTORY. All you learn in college is pronouns, Maxist and ignorance.

[@pinkdiamond1847]

​@@dbptwg Considering Gen Z and Gen Alpha, we've got a long time to wait.

[@IceLynne]

@@dbptwg you'll make it there but you'll be the same. Each new generation thinks they'll effect change, but they can do little most of the time and in the end they become what they hated. Man cannot learn and move into a better place because his heart is inherently evil. That's why we need a savior and hope for better life...we're lost. #JesusSaves

[@gsc512]

Wish they would protect the American people

[@Jbrid78]

Congress passed a law that makes it illegal to insult Isreal wtf?

[@marytomlinson4270]

Because its holy land... I say bull crap

[@IAmBeingSilenced]

​@@marytomlinson4270Christians need to take it back. Jews and Muslims can't manage the responsibility.

[@byhyew]

Illegal to criticize...

[@JazzATrain]

No such law exists. Grow up and stop making things up.

[@Bhammich]

Stop with your propoganda. Try and have grown up debates based on truth.

[@TheJoelef]

But won’t do anything for americans

[@tomspaghetti]

Mike Johnson here proving Russia and China right once again!

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

I hear Putin unzipping his pants, get back on your knees

[@qandidhater673]

It's called the International Criminal Court for a reason. The US should be setting the standards for justice as a world leader.

[@michaelwilliamson4759]

The US has a long standing record of doing the complete opposite of "setting the standards for justice as a world leader." Its elected leaders have a long record of covering up war crimes (their own also) and providing military equipment and billions in money to regimes that have been massacring their own people.... Example: FDR and Stalin. During WWII.

[@czarcastic1458]

No one recognizes it

[@simonl.9095]

@@czarcastic1458 you'd better tell your PM not to go France, Ireland and most of the European countries, he will be arrested :)

[@byhyew]

Can't even lead, sorry, criticize Israel, let along leading the world...

[@cirrus1964]

@@czarcastic1458 Oh, that's new to me!

[@omarishirwa]

criminal party is against justice

[@FuzzyTues]

Dude should pass a long term US budget instead of worrying about the ICC. Do your job!

[@davidclark573]

An insurrectionist should not be a house leader.

[@jeffme6891]

Insurrectionists shouldn't even be in Congress! They all belong in jail!

[@robertdog]

Why are all you progressive "men" such fairies?

[@rebeccamead4557]

​​​@@jeffme6891then pelosi would make available her titles and position? Seems fair & reasonable, maybe Raskin, Swalwell, AOC and Crockett can be uncluded! Great suggestion guy!

[@Idontgetoffended]

The FBI said there was no insurrection. They're the "experts"... not some random KZbinr. 🙄 I suggest getting informed BEFORE opening your mouth. Quit listening to CNN... and do some REAL research.

[@alab3657]

Lol. An INSeRRectiON where the only weapon was a flag pole and a can of mace. Got it😂😂

[@ziarehman5363]

Its AIPAC 💸💸💰💱💱💵 speaking

[@rosalindrajaratnam1836]

Thank you Mr. Mike Johnson, your obedience to the Lord will bless Congress and America

[@LanonHunter]

Put the Crack pipe down.

[@pamlewis1183]

What a hypocrite

[@SuganthiAmySanthanam]

Well said Speaker Johnson.....we stand with you

[@catherinewilliams9680]

Speaker Johnson, mind your own business. Let the ICC do what the ICC does. It's bad enough that the US doesn't recognize the ICC's jurisdiction. But to think that we are so arrogant that no one else has the right to determine if we have violated international law- laws we helped create, then maybe Russia and China have a point.

[@abdulwakil378]

THEY ARE APARTHEID ISRAELIS AGENTS BASICALLY UNITED STATES OF ISRAEL

[@jasonwolfe1318]

Your comments are foolish

[@DaBosster]

Amen

[@MaryBiondi-v2e]

No speaker Johnson cannot allow this Karim Khan to issue arrest warrants on a sovereign leader ,.... the ICC has no power or jurisdiction on other countries. This clown, Karim Khan, should be fired.

[@KhalfaniZhanubisEl]

Hypocrisy in plain sight...

[@pamlewis1183]

Moses Mike 🙄

[@troycalgaro413]

You made me laugh

[@IAmBeingSilenced]

Jerusalem Johnson

[@arturturk5926]

Actions against a criminal court for going after criminals" Lets get Johnson on that warrant list!

[@IAmBeingSilenced]

And we'll be happy to extradite him. FOOH, traitor.

[@JD-rx3pq]

Bunch of hypocrites... Pick and choose whom to prosecute.

[@arturturk5926]

@@JD-rx3pq If you think about it, The US, UK, Israel, a bunch of nations were signing Genocide peace accords at the UN the same year they took Palestine. The western worlds leaders, by enlarge, are murderess greedy liars

[@IAmBeingSilenced]

And let's extradite him.

[@masonalnouri584]

Imagine someone says we should punish the US Supreme Court for any ruling we don't like... Full blown insanity...

[@j___mmdcclxxvi2125]

He's far worse than McCarthy.

[@ELEMENTARYWATSON52]

I don't think anyone is listening to another criminal. 🙄

[@alab3657]

Israel is the capital of the USA. Has been since 1948. I thought everyone knew this?

[@talkingheadzzz2449]

This dude's hubris has no limits.

[@simonl.9095]

did the ICC judges / prosecutors violate American laws?

[@marytomlinson4270]

Of course not... but they need a look busy project to last till they are voted out...😂😂😂

[@simenlvseth1788]

@@marytomlinson4270 nah the signal sent will be branded in history forever, thats the point. Generations will learn that US was Israel & Aipacs lapdogs. Supporting war crimes just like we learn about Germany and Japan little bro xD

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Go on, speaker. Give more evidences, make more easy to prosecute you.

[@ApacheJay156]

Speaker Johnson needs to worry about our own country and borders instead of a 3000 year old land dispute 3000 miles away from us.

[@joseparadasr.5068]

Speaker Jhonson worry about our own country and borders instead of a 3000 year old land dispute 3000 miles always from Us

[@GregMartinez-g4r]

Well who will be held responsible for all the innocent lives in Gaza what person gave them the weapons and this is a wast of taxpayer dollars

[@czarcastic1458]

Blame Hamas

[@simenlvseth1788]

@@czarcastic1458 they will also be blamed. But US and Israel will forever be branded for targeting ICC and ''it is not a genocide!'' - aipac Joe. They will also be remembered for war crimes in eternity for generations to learn

[@jason59k55]

@@czarcastic1458 "khamas khamas its actually good that israel starves children because khamas khamas" nobody cares about hamas at this point, youre like the pro slave people who said that slaves are evil and deserve to be slaves because of the nat turner revolt.

[@abdel506]

This guy is desperate for aipac donations. We see right through your hypocrisy dude.

[@CandiceGutierrez-r6f]

Love you Mike Johnson keep speaking the word of God

[@marytomlinson4270]

Announcing their next goose chase to waste time....😂😂😂😂

[@willli8163]

Israel owns the US I see

[@Jjchg]

No, China owns the US!

[@artstocker60]

The United States is a colony of Israel.

[@IAmBeingSilenced]

To be fair, they own the right people in America.

[@minion0777]

​@@IAmBeingSilenced They own war criminals.

[@artfasil]

since they owned the federal reserve system, America is screwed.

[@phiplihigalgo4729]

Karim: birds of the same feathers they fly together

[@estonkalutwa-yc8ps]

😂😂😂😂 hypocrites 😂😂😂😂

[@garysantos7053]

"When Governments fail in their responsibility," it is the International Criminal Court that reminds us who we are. Established in 2002 pursuant to the multilateral Rome Statute, the ICC is considered by its proponents to be a major step toward justice. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

[@Jared_Albert]

Thank you speaker Johnson.

[@AitabSalma-tk8rs]

Free us from ipac

[@BS-wg9fg]

Great New for Palestine 🇵🇸:as of today (May 22, 2024)174 countries recognized Palestine as a country including Ireland 🇮🇪 , Norway 🇳🇴 and Spain 🇪🇸 which recognized Palestine as a sovereign country today and more will join such as Belgium 🇧🇪, Malta 🇲🇹 and Slovenia 🇸🇮 . Long Live Palestine 🇵🇸❤️

[@ichraamarensde7243]

They all on drugs.

[@ohadbinyamini4442]

Totally!!!

[@terrymendola2]

JUDAS JOHNSON.

[@brooklynboundtv6631]

Its time to change the laws its working against our favor - America 🇺🇸

[@ericdaniels4650]

Desperate people do desperate things. Just send a few more billions of monopoly money around the globe and everything will sort itself out. We cannot uphold any justice when justice itself is threatened. What do we do as a country when both parties are this incompetent.

[@AliGhaffari-uy1xx]

Today the US and the West barefacedly lie about Palestine and many other issues 🕋🤝🇵🇸🤝🧎🏼🫄🏽🇮🇷🏃🏼🏃🏼🏃🏼🤝🌎🤝 👉🏼👍🏼The question of Gaza is not simply about geography or a piece of land; rather, it is one that centers on humanity

[@ingehanson]

And Israel was not created for the "poor" Jews to have a homeland. It was created for the West to get a foothold into the Middle East and control it. Especially at that time it was about oil and has shifted to other things. The Zionist Jews were not much about religion but used it to their advantage, just like Trump is using the Evangelicals and Catholics to his advantage. He could not care less about their believes. Biden and his cronies are the secular part of the Zionists.

[@johnohara197]

Well done Mike Johnson! Israel, is America's greatest ally in the Middle East! We the silent majority will support you, to support Israel! Israel, is helping to maintain the security of the Civilised Western World!

[@crhu319]

Put down the crack pipe.

[@zsuzsannacsutor7752]

Well spoken

[@dannyallen4357]

What about the WEF and the IMF? Those are international bodies with tremendous influence over US sovereignty.

[@ceciliaduplessis5658]

Thankyou

[@JerryKelmMusic-bo5mx]

GO GET'UM JOHNSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DaBosster]

Yeah, you know how to use brute force against legal courts.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

Hey Republicans, start REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE instead of TRUMP. THIS IS NOT YOUR JOB!!!

[@rogerbennett2025]

agree so many republicans are RINOS -- and even trump is endorsing Rinos and congratluting Mike for passing the FISA bill ( spy on americans) and billlions more to other countries ...............ugh

[@IAmBeingSilenced]

Bro, wut?

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@IAmBeingSilenced The house of REPRESENTATIVES, are supposed to REPRESENT the people who voted them in...meaning YOU AND ME. Instead, Mike Johnson and the Republicans are sticking their nose into business that they have business or jurisdiction to stick their nose in. They've been acting like Trump's personal Lawyers, and now Mike Johnson wants COngress to act like the World Police. It's not difficult, take a Civics Course.

[@IAmBeingSilenced]

@@bulkvanderhuge9006 bro, wut did you smoke? All I read was "waaaaahhh! ORANGE MAN!"

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@@IAmBeingSilenced Wow, you have TERRIBLE reading Comprehension and a HORRIBLE understanding of how the Government works. THe more you try to insult me, the more clueless it makes YOU look. Mike Johnson and the rest of the butt-kissers that keep shirking their duty in Congress, their duties being "REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE who voted them in", are instead leaving Congress, traveling to New York, on TAXPAYER Money, to act like his personal lawyers and hired goons. Maybe have an adult read my comments to you so that you can understand them, because you are ding a terrible job of it.

[@gillesuzan180]

Mr.johnson is amazing

[@FuadMohamed-k7o]

The Good Fellas are furious.

[@MamdouhRamadan1]

Disgraceful! Double Standards

[@diIbert]

1:16 AIPAC's Speaker: We don't put any international body above American sovereignty 🤔

[@thehonda8290]

Leave our country Johnson, America first. Americans are starving, inflation is out of control, crime is out the roof.

[@cornbread4everyone555]

This guy works for Israel not the US ... traitor

[@PeterNg-p6f]

God bless America

[@paulroberts7429]

The nations that will recognize Palestine will entitle them to legal, financial, reconstruction and human rights abilities for statehood, Europe has a powerful legal abilities that Palestinians can access on the world stage, the EU and Arab states will construct a mega Palestinian state as a symbol of world peace.

[@amir-bd]

ok putin no Netanyahu? It’s joke

[@jdawg443]

"Oh no, what if the consequences of my actions catch up with me"

[@crhu319]

ICC should add Johnson to the warrant.

[@boomcity4942]

I would gain a lot of respect for speaker Johnson if he would spend a few weeks in Gaza.

[@c5097170]

Johnson is a national treasure.

[@ceciliaduplessis5658]

Agree. Thank heavens.

[@barry5176]

People like this this will be the downfall of the planet!

[@ahmedsayed4278]

Detain ICC judges as you did to American students

[@billwhite1603]

The two candidates we have are horrific for America.

[@chadillac365]

Trump refused to let American tax payers be used as slaves for other countries. That is why certain groups like WEF, ICC, hate him.

[@scottberger6882]

Johnson had me nodding my head with regard to the ICC, then he goes off the rails and starts talking about Trump's mess and tries to equate/relate the two matters.

[@wariannn1253]

Please USA get off your high horse.

[@Funvtv666]

They should arrest you !!!

[@Doggieworld3Show]

It's....against terrorism. The heck are you criticizing/reviewing it for? Of course if I complain, I'll get my comments deleted.

[@IAmBeingSilenced]

Do not question our Israeli overlords or our government will "review possible actions against you".

[@mssv19123]

Receiving instructions from their masters in Israel....he has to take action.

[@bahar5403]

Icc sanction😂😂😂what a joke

[@basstrap3430]

On the payroll. AIPAC stooges.

[@RahmatIlahi-zh5ko]

Shame' .. America looks like a watchdog loyal to its master. 🤣🤣 Israel failed to colonize Palestine but succeeded in colonizing America. Lol 😂 🤣

[@davison9245]

bravo, bravo

[@Uno.Numero]

Mr. Johnson the rest of us world knows that Raisi was a moderate, ever wondered if a hardliner replaces him? And no one has tortured the people of Iran as much as you Americans by imposing three decade long sanctions. So, as long as you Americans are in our regions, our regions will never be a safe place.

[@stevejones3530]

Get a warrant for Johnson to

[@36repulse]

Free America from Aipac 🎉

[@CastleHassall]

wow we are really seeing who is who now aren't we!

[@LilCasher555Official]

i see a RINO

[@IAmBeingSilenced]

There is no way the people of Louisiana elected this guy fair and square.

[@lyrickord6400]

Speaker Johnson needs to be let go by the Republican party he is a failure to the party

[@ingehanson]

There is no longer a Republican party. It is now a Trump party through and through. They are on the mistaken belief that Trump will deliver them to paradise or power, or riches or at least fantasy.

[@NethKomba-d4h]

America is better of if the ICC arrests the likes of this man...

[@SonOfGodzilla75]

No America should secure our borders, help the ppl of Hawaii and Ohio. #AMERICA1ST

[@machovalkarie7896]

That is the governors job

[@kamhou15]

FREE AMERICANS FROM AIPAC

[@OumyNdiaye88]

⁠ To the question “ Do you recognize Israel”, I would say this = In the Thorah God Almighty decreed to the children of Israel to be in exile and to wait for their messiah to give them the promised land. It’s crystal clear in the Torah and no rabbi can’t discuss that. In modern days, zionism decided otherwise. I recognize Israel for their crimes they committed for standing against God’s decree. The land they occupy is not only a crime but a blaspheme. That’s what I recognize.

[@TheAvoong]

Folks, ICC is not big as the U.S. Supreme Court.

[@prabhakararaoaravapalli9050]

This speaker is in his senses to threaten ICC ? not expected from a great civilised country .

[@Longjohns91]

Johnson doesn't seem to understand the concept of accountability for making bad choices that violate civilians rights and are in violation of the Geneva convention on human rights

[@PinkSparkleyPeep]

Just wow dude😮

[@timothypulliam2177]

The truth hurts

[@Fais20249]

His voice was worth 524,110 dollars. Where's the money?

[@ohadbinyamini4442]

Who is this criminal?