By MOLLY QUELL, Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As U.S. President Donald Trump ratchets up pressure on the International Criminal Court, staff responsible for investigating the world’s worst crimes are finding ways to work around U.S. sanctions of the kind more usually imposed on officials from autocratic regimes and members of extremist organizations.

Trump sanctioned staff at the court after a panel of ICC judges in November issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant.

Judges issued the warrants after finding that there were “reasonable grounds to believe” that the pair may have committed war crimes by restricting humanitarian aid and intentionally targeting civilians in Israel’s offensive against

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