Is George Clooney Dictating Biden’s ICC Policy?

Hollywood star reportedly calls the White House to vent on the president for using the word ‘outrageous’ to describe an ICC prosecutor’s call for the arrest of Netanyahu — a move the star seems to fear could entangle his wife Amal.

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George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney, December 3, 2023, at London. Alberto Pezzali/Invision/AP, file

With George Clooney scheduled next week to headline a Hollywood fundraiser for President Biden, is the commander in chief pulling his punches on the International Criminal Court’s malfeasance? That’s the concern amid reports that the star carpeted Mr. Biden for condemning the ICC, which employs his wife Amal Clooney, over its “outrageous” attempt to arrest Israel’s top leaders as war criminals alongside the terrorists who run Hamas.

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