Biden Must Protect US Citizens From International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court—seen here May 26, 2016, speaking to reporters at the U.N. in New York—is investigating U.S. officials from the George W. Bush administration for alleged abuse of detainees in Afghanistan. The U.S. rejects the court's jurisdiction as the United States is not party to the Rome Statute. (Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/Pacific Press/ LightRocket/Getty Images) Commentary By Steven Groves is the Margaret Thatcher Fellow in Heritage’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. He works to protect and preserve American sovereignty, self-governance and independence.