State Dept official acknowledges Pentagon blocking US from joining ICC probe into alleged Russian war crimes
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A State Department official told a Senate committee that teh Pentagon is not cooperating with an ICC probe into alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
"The State Department has encouraged working with the [International Criminal Court] ICC to bring Putin to justice. It is no secret that Department of Defense is the holdup," Chairman Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., said in his opening statement before Van Schaack. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
"I asked the Department of Defense to participate in today’s hearing so we could better understand why they are blocking implementation of federal law," he said. "Whatever they are thinking, a refusal to implement the law is unacceptable in this situation, blocking critical U.S. assistance for investigations into atrocities in Ukraine, and is dangerous to our system of government."
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