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Legal scholar makes the case to indict Trump for war crimes
President Donald Trump with members of the military at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
What happened
AlterNet reports that Pace University law professor and former New York anti-corruption prosecutor Bennett L. Gershman argued in a Hill op-ed that President Donald Trump and members of his administration should face International Criminal Court prosecution for alleged war crimes. Gershman centered his case on the February 28, 2026, U.S. bombing of a girls’ school in Minab, Iran, which killed 157 people.
According to Gershman, a U.N. Human Rights…
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