George Clooney reportedly called the White House earlier this month to complain about President Biden’s criticism of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Clooney’s wife, Amal Clooney, is a human rights lawyer who worked on the case involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Clooney was reportedly irked by the Biden administration’s initial support for sanctions against the ICC.
President Biden is scheduled to attend a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday evening, where he will be joined by George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and former President Barack Obama. The fundraiser is expected to raise millions for Biden’s re-election campaign.
Clooney’s appearance at the fundraiser comes after he reportedly called the White House earlier this month to complain about Biden’s criticism of the ICC. According to The Washington Post, Clooney called Steve Ricchetti, counselor to the president, to push back on Biden’s dismissal of arrest warrants sought by the ICC targeting Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Clooney was particularly irked that the Biden administration was initially open to slapping the ICC with sanctions, given that his wife could be potentially subjected to penalties.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and representatives for Clooney for comment.
Biden will arrive directly from the G-7 summit in Italy, where he met with other world leaders this week. His attendance in Los Angeles on Saturday means he will be skipping a summit in Switzerland about ways to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Vice President Kamala Harris will be there to represent the U.S.
Obama will join Clooney and Roberts for Saturday’s fundraiser, and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel will interview all of them onstage. In a text message to donors beforehand, Roberts called it ‘a crucial time in the election.’ Kimmel wrote in his own text that presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump ‘will hate this, so let’s do it.’
Luminaries from the entertainment world have increasingly lined up to help Biden’s campaign, hoping to provide a fundraising jolt and to energize would-be supporters to turn out ahead of Election Day against Trump.
