{"id":117157,"date":"2025-04-30T12:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/30\/amal-clooney-receives-stark-warning-about-donald-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:03:14","slug":"amal-clooney-receives-stark-warning-about-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/30\/amal-clooney-receives-stark-warning-about-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Amal Clooney Receives Stark Warning About Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump\u2019s attack on the legal industry isn\u2019t just about taking shots at Biglaw<\/a>, or government attorneys<\/a>, or nonprofits<\/a>, or caselaw<\/a> or judges<\/a>, or\u2026 actually there\u2019s long list of targets of Trump\u2019s ire. And *also* on the list are international human rights attorneys. It started, like so many awful things in the Trump II reign, with an Executive Order.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re talking about EO 14203, \u201cImposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court<\/a>,\u201d which specifically imposed sanctions on British lawyer and ICC prosecutor Karim Khan. As the ICC\u2019s Chief Prosecutor, Khan is involved in the case alleging war crimes against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. As reported by<\/a> the Financial Times, the U.K. Foreign Office issued a warning to several high-level barristers that advised on the ICC matter \u2014 including Amal Clooney \u2014 that they could also be subjected to U.S. sanctions and barred from entering the country.<\/p>\n

Clooney was admitted to the New York bar in 2002, after receiving her LLM from NYU Law. She is also admitted to practice law in England and Wales.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s bold sanction play for lawyers doing their jobs is yet another attack on the rule of law. International lawyer Alexandro Maria Tirelli told People <\/a>that we are in uncharted territory with Trump\u2019s actions as there is no history of sanctions against foreign lawyers \u201cpurely for the exercise of professional legal functions.\u201d\u00a0And what\u2019s more, the sanctions fly in the face of the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (1990), which states governments have a duty to ensure lawyers \u201c(a) are able to perform all of their professional functions without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference; (b) are able to travel and to consult with their clients freely both within their own country and abroad; and (c) shall not suffer, or be threatened with, prosecution or administrative, economic or other sanctions for any action taken in accordance with recognized professional duties, standards and ethics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s February order invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, the National Emergencies Act of 1976, and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, also known as the McCarran-Walter Act.<\/p>\n

The IEEPA, in particular, allows the president to freeze assets, deny entry into the United States, and prohibit economic transactions to individuals deemed \u201chostile to American interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, Tirelli notes that an executive order does not require a criminal conviction or due process. The proof of what constitutes a \u201cthreat\u201d in this case would be at the discretion of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Clooney owns property<\/a> in the U.S. with her husband, actor George Clooney.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Amal Clooney Receives Stark Warning About Donald Trump<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump\u2019s attack on the legal industry isn\u2019t just about taking shots at Biglaw<\/a>, or government attorneys<\/a>, or nonprofits<\/a>, or caselaw<\/a> or judges<\/a>, or\u2026 actually there\u2019s long list of targets of Trump\u2019s ire. And *also* on the list are international human rights attorneys. It started, like so many awful things in the Trump II reign, with an Executive Order.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re talking about EO 14203, \u201cImposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court<\/a>,\u201d which specifically imposed sanctions on British lawyer and ICC prosecutor Karim Khan. As the ICC\u2019s Chief Prosecutor, Khan is involved in the case alleging war crimes against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. As reported by<\/a> the Financial Times, the U.K. Foreign Office issued a warning to several high-level barristers that advised on the ICC matter \u2014 including Amal Clooney \u2014 that they could also be subjected to U.S. sanctions and barred from entering the country.<\/p>\n

Clooney was admitted to the New York bar in 2002, after receiving her LLM from NYU Law. She is also admitted to practice law in England and Wales.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s bold sanction play for lawyers doing their jobs is yet another attack on the rule of law. International lawyer Alexandro Maria Tirelli told People <\/a>that we are in uncharted territory with Trump\u2019s actions as there is no history of sanctions against foreign lawyers \u201cpurely for the exercise of professional legal functions.\u201d\u00a0And what\u2019s more, the sanctions fly in the face of the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (1990), which states governments have a duty to ensure lawyers \u201c(a) are able to perform all of their professional functions without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference; (b) are able to travel and to consult with their clients freely both within their own country and abroad; and (c) shall not suffer, or be threatened with, prosecution or administrative, economic or other sanctions for any action taken in accordance with recognized professional duties, standards and ethics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

Trump\u2019s February order invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, the National Emergencies Act of 1976, and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, also known as the McCarran-Walter Act.<\/p>\n

The IEEPA, in particular, allows the president to freeze assets, deny entry into the United States, and prohibit economic transactions to individuals deemed \u201chostile to American interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, Tirelli notes that an executive order does not require a criminal conviction or due process. The proof of what constitutes a \u201cthreat\u201d in this case would be at the discretion of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Clooney owns property<\/a> in the U.S. with her husband, actor George Clooney.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her<\/a> with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Mastodon @[email\u00a0protected].<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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