In a continuing confrontation between national sovereignty and international accountability, the Trump administration has moved to financially isolate two senior International Criminal Court officials — its president and a senior trial lawyer — by freezing any assets connected to the American financial system. The action, targeting Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, reflects Washington's long-held conviction that the ICC overreaches when it pursues nationals of countries that have never consented to its jurisdiction. At stake is a question older than the court itself: whether international law c