The Hague, Netherlands - A delegation of attorneys and US taxpayers traveled to The Hague on Wednesday to call for arrest warrants against Donald Trump and Marco Rubio over their role in the destruction of Gaza.

"We have come from the United States to The Hague today to report a crime to the International Criminal Court, the crime of aiding and abetting genocide by President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio," Seth Donnelly, co-founder of the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG), said during a press conference.

TAAG is filing an Article 15 communication with the ICC Office of the Prosecutor accusing senior US officials of complicity in Israel's commission of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

The legal team said the evidence it is handing over comes from eyewitness accounts, whistleblower testimonies, videos, and other documentation collected over the last year.

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In particular, Trump and Rubio are accused of knowingly supplying and expediting the transfer of arms to Israel despite repeated warnings that the weapons were being used to decimate Gaza and its population, according to attorney Curtis Doebbler.

The United Nations' 1948 Genocide Convention classifies complicity in genocide as a crime under international law and requires states to take measures to prevent such atrocities.

"The victims whose accounts are in this submission cannot attend this press conference. They are in Gaza," Doebbler said. "The least we can do is make sure their evidence reaches the prosecutor and that the prosecutor is free to act on it."

The submission comes as the Trump administration has vowed to dismantle the ICC "brick by brick," furious that judges have issued an arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories who has also faced US sanctions, backed TAAG's appeal to the ICC on Wednesday.

"Today, Palestine is the litmus test of international justice, of what it means or what it stands for and what it can achieve, for the people of Palestine and beyond," Albanese explained.

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"The US administration understands it, and this is precisely what it seeks to rupture," she continued, describing the attacks on the ICC – and the UN as a whole – as part of "an ambition to entrench global hegemony and extinguish the possibility for justice."

TAAG's filing also follows a blue wave in the US midterm elections widely regarded as a rebuke of Trump and his policies. But for advocates at The Hague, voting is not sufficient.

"It is not enough to wait for elections or to say, 'Vote them out,'" Donnelly insisted. "Those responsible for grave crimes against humanity, including genocide, must be prosecuted – even if they are the most powerful officials in the world."

While Wednesday's filing focuses on the Trump administration's role, advocates emphasized US support for Israel's atrocities goes back further.

Speakers at the press conference voiced support for efforts to hold former President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken accountable for their actions toward Palestine.

"The failure did not begin with the Trump administration. It is a failure of a US system that has long insulated itself and its officials from accountability for international crimes, including the ultimate crime of genocide," said human rights attorney and Freedom Flotilla Coalition co-founder Huwaida Arraf.

Palestinian Americans involved in the submission stressed that no stone should be left unturned in the quest for justice.

"The world is in crisis because we keep letting fascists avoid accountability for their crimes, and we stand before you today as American taxpayers and civilians wanting to seek that accountability in every avenue we possibly can," said TAAG co-founder Tariq Ra'ouf.

"Trump, Rubio, and others in this administration have funded and armed a rogue, racist military that has annihilated 49 of my family members, and I refuse to stand idly as they attempt to destroy the only court that can help find justice."

Mohammad Ali, a fellow TAAG co-founder, said, "We are here today to remind those like Trump and Rubio, who are riddled with hypocrisy just as Hind Rajab was riddled with bullets alone in a car with her murdered family members, that we, the people, will not ignore or forget your role in genocide and crimes against humanity."

"Just as you remain at Israel's beck and call, we, the people, are here to answer the call of justice and accountability."