In Episode 325 [16] of the CounterVortex podcast [17], Bill Weinberg continues to make the case—political, legal and practical—for sending Trump to a jail cell [18] at The Hague to face war crimes charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC [19]). Actual precedent refutes the conventional wisdom that this demand is "unrealistic." Serbia's long-ruling strongman Slobodan Milosevic [20] died in a cell at The Hague while awaiting trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [21], while Philippines ex-president Rodrigo Duterte [22] is currently in a cell at The Hague awaiting trial before the ICC. The Court just confirmed [23] that it has jurisdiction in the Duterte case despite the Philippines' withdrawal from the ICC. Contrary to the dogma of "American exceptionalism [24]," such an outcome for Trump is within the realm of possibility.
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