{"id":2607649,"date":"2026-05-27T22:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-sanctions-francesca-albanese-a-week-after-removing-her-from-list\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T22:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:02:50","slug":"treasury-sanctions-francesca-albanese-a-week-after-removing-her-from-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-sanctions-francesca-albanese-a-week-after-removing-her-from-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasury sanctions Francesca Albanese a week after removing her from list"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftreasury-sanctions-francesca-albanese-a-week-after-removing-her-from-list%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2607649&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. treasury reimposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese,the U.N. special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, just a week after removing her from a federal sanctions list. The Office of Foreign Asset Control placed her back on its specially designated nationals roster under an International Criminal Court-related sanctions authority, which generally blocks Americans and U.S. companies from doing business with her and can freeze U.S.-linked assets.<\/p>\n<p>Albanese,an Italian human rights lawyer,was originally sanctioned by the Trump management in July 2025 after accusations that she was engaging in \u201cpolitical and economic warfare\u201d by pushing ICC investigations involving Israeli and U.S. officials. Treasury\u2019s actions followed claims that she sent \u201cthreatening letters\u201d to multiple companies and organizations, urging ICC prosecutions.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed sanctions come after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-refuses-lawsuit-to-block-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Refuses Lawsuit To Block Biden\u2019s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan\">federal judge earlier<\/a> this month barred enforcement,reasoning that her statements and actions amounted to protected opinion under the First Amendment as she does not work for the ICC. The administration then moved to appeal,and Wednesday\u2019s decision restored restrictions affecting her access to U.S. financial systems and raising secondary sanctions concerns for banks and businesses.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/treasury-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3544\">Treasury Department<\/a> on Wednesday reimposed sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"6975\">Palestinian<\/a> territories, just one week after removing her from a federal sanctions list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Office of Foreign Asset Control added Albanese to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-us-to-impose-sanctions-on-russia-after-it-deployed-forces-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Biden Says US To Impose ... on Russia After It Deployed Forces to Ukraine\">specially designated nationals list<\/a> under sanctions tied to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/international-criminal-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4389\">International Criminal Court<\/a>, according to a Treasury notice released Wednesday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a 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U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, was first sanctioned by the Trump administration in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"51\">Marco Rubio<\/a> at the time accused her of waging \u201cpolitical and economic warfare\u201d against the United States and Israel through efforts to encourage ICC investigations of Israeli and U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration\u2019s ire of Albanese reached a fever pitch when she sent \u201cthreatening letters\u201d to dozens of global businesses and groups, including American companies, making extreme and unfounded accusations and recommending the ICC pursue investigations and prosecutions of these companies and their executives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sanctions became a flash point in debates over free speech, U.S. support for Israel, and the independence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-would-be-an-irreparable-disaster-if-joe-biden-were-designated-president-of-the-united-states-archbishop-carlo-maria-vigano-warns-believers-in-latest-interview\/\" title=\"\u201cIt Would Be an Irreparable Disaster if Joe Biden \u2013 Were Designated President of the United States\u201d \u2013 Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano Warns Believers in Latest Interview with Steve Bannon\">international institutions<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal judge blocked enforcement<\/a> of the penalties after he argued that since Albanese doesn\u2019t work for the ICC, her actions and words in support of the charges constitute her opinion, which is protected under the First Amendment, leading the Treasury to remove her from the sanctions database while the administration pursued an appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-us-removes-sanctions-on-un-official-francesca-albanese-over-israel-criticism\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4583103\/israel-kills-top-hamas-military-chief-in-airstrike\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4583103\/israel-kills-top-hamas-military-chief-in-airstrike\/\">ISRAEL KILLS TOP HAMAS MILITARY CHIEF IN AIRSTRIKE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday\u2019s move restores restrictions that had limited Albanese\u2019s access to U.S. financial systems and prevented many banks and businesses from dealing with her because of secondary sanctions risks. The penalties also complicate her and her family\u2019s personal finances, as detailed in her lawsuit against the Trump administration. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Albanese has drawn fierce criticism from pro-Israel groups and Trump administration officials for accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and for backing accountability efforts at the ICC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treasury reimposes ICC-linked sanctions on UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2607650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2221106594.webp?w=594","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80372,5036,3778],"class_list":["post-2607649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-francesca-albanese","tag-sanctions","tag-treasury"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2221106594.webp?w=594","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607653,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607649\/revisions\/2607653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}