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George Clooney's British wife warned she could be BANNED from the US by Donald Trump Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By EVE BUCKLAND and IWAN STONE Published: 22:41 BST, 30 April 2025 | Updated: 22:47 BST, 30 April 2025 e-mail View comments George Clooney 's wife could be banned from returning to the US alongside other top UK lawyers under sanctions imposed by Donald Trump . Amal, a top international human rights attorney, 47, has reportedly been 'cautioned' by the Foreign Office that legal advice she provided in a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could mean she may be denied entry.
The couple are said spend most of their time at their homes in the UK and Italy , although they also have property in the US - where Mr Clooney is currently starring in a Broadway show. It comes after the president issued an Executive Order against the International Criminal Court claiming to combat anti-Christian bias and condemn the ‘illegitimate and baseless’ charges against Netanyahu. The court also charged three leaders of Hamas , who have since been killed.
The action included financial sanctions and travel restrictions against officials working for the organisation. Lawyers including Baroness Helena Kennedy and Lord Justice Adrian Fulford, who were involved in the decision to issue the warrant, also received warnings, The Financial Times reports. The warnings to the lawyers are 'due to the legal advice they provided to the International Criminal Court in a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
' Trump issued Executive Order 14203 - Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court in February - banning ICC official Karim Khan, who is from the UK, and his family from the US and seizing his American assets. The President warned that more measures could be on the way against 'those responsible for the ICC’s transgressions', including freezing their property and blocking entry to the US. George Clooney 's attorney wife Amal could face a ban from the US under proposed new sanctions from President Donald Trump The top international human rights lawyer, 47, and other high-profile British attorneys have reportedly been 'warned' about receiving sanctions from Trump which would deny them entry to the United States, where the Clooneys own a home - Trump pictured Tuesday The UK Foreign Office has 'cautioned several high-level barristers about the Trump administration leveling sanctions due to the legal advice they provided to the International Criminal Court in a war crimes case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant' - pictured 2024 If additional sanctions end up getting handed down, Ms Clooney - who served as a special adviser in International Criminal Court Prosecutor Khan's investigation that led him to seek arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders - could be barred from the US.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Mr and Ms Clooney for comment. It comes a year after a fierce war of words between Trump and Mr Clooney, who campaigned vocally for Joe Biden's Democrat campaign.
The President slammed him as a 'second-rate movie star' and a 'failed political pundit' who 'dumped' Biden 'like a dog', in posts from his Truth Social account. The ICC is an international organization based in The Hague. It investigates and prosecutes those accused of war crimes, genocide and other crimes against humanity.
'The U.S. will impose tangible & significant consequences on those responsible for the ICC's transgressions,' Trump's order states.
The warrant for Netanyahu's arrest was pushed by Khan. If the PM was to visit any countries like France or the U.K.
, he could be arrested. Khan also put out warrants for top Hamas leaders who have since been killed. Ms Clooney was born in war-torn Beirut to one of Lebanon's most famous women journalists before emigrating to the United Kingdom to escape civil war when she was 2 and becoming a British citizen.
She previously represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during his high-profile his extradition battle. Trump issued Executive Order 14203 - Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court in February - naming ICC official Karim Khan, who is from the UK If additional sanctions end up getting handed down, Ms Clooney - who served as a special adviser in International Criminal Court Prosecutor Khan's investigation that led him to seek arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, could be barred from the US - pictured September 2024 In May 2024, Ms Clooney hit back at critics accusing her of not using her platform to highlight the alleged plight of the Palestinian people - 'I served on this Panel because I believe in the rule of law and the need to protect civilian lives,' Clooney wrote in a statement about her role in filing the warrants - pictured December 2023 Read More EXCLUSIVE Lawyer who called for Netanyahu's arrest over 'war crimes' will not step down amid sex assault probe In 2024, she won the Legal 500 Award for international lawyer of the year. Ms Clooney is qualified to practice law in the United States and England and Wales.
She was admitted to the bar in New York in 2002. She frequently represents victims of mass atrocities, including genocide and sexual violence and has acted in many landmark human rights cases including the world’s first trials in which ISIS members were convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity. In May 2024, Ms Clooney hit back at critics accusing her of not using her platform to highlight the alleged plight of the Palestinian people.
The attorney's father is Lebanese and her mother is a Sunni-Muslim of Palestinian ancestry. 'I served on this Panel because I believe in the rule of law and the need to protect civilian lives,' Clooney wrote in a statement about her role in filing the warrants. 'The law that protects civilians in war was developed more than 100 years ago and it applies in every country in the world regardless of the reasons for a conflict.
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