Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) is catching heat—and not just from conservatives—after his bizarre diplomatic detour to El Salvador to meet with deported illegal alien and alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Critics aren’t just questioning his judgment; they’re asking whether he flat-out violated federal law, namely the Logan Act—a law that bars unauthorized American citizens from negotiating with foreign governments in ways that could interfere with U.S. policy.
This is the same Logan Act that Democrats used as a legal bludgeon against General Michael Flynn back in 2016 is now being brought up against one of their own. Funny how that works.
To jog your memory, the Logan Act dates back to 1799 and makes it a crime for unauthorized individuals to “correspond with any foreign government” with the intent to influence their positions on disputes with the United States. That’s precisely what Van Hollen appeared to be doing—playing amateur diplomat in a foreign country, advocating for the release and return of a foreign national whom President Trump’s administration legally deported under existing immigration law.
Chris Van Hollen broke the law.
He operated well outside of his scope and allowance.
He needs to be charged immediately. pic.twitter.com/bJruk3upCy
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) April 18, 2025
Republican strategist Roger Stone wasn’t subtle about it, asking, “Why hasn’t this U.S. senator been arrested for violation of the Logan Act?” WMAL radio host Vince Coglianese laid it out even more directly: “Is Chris Van Hollen violating the Logan Act? Because this is what they accused General Flynn of doing.”
And the hypocrisy couldn’t be more glaring.
Senator Chris Van Hollen must be charged for violating the Logan Act. This was a direct violation of Trump's foreign policy. pic.twitter.com/x83PEREptT
— The Disrespected Trucker (@DisrespectedThe) April 16, 2025
LOL! Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen has ONCE AGAIN been denied entry to the El Salvador prison holding the deported MS-13 member
Van Hollen should be CHARGED with violating the Logan Act, as he’s actively attempting to undermine US foreign policy.
He is NOT AUTHORIZED to… pic.twitter.com/Rt4UvhmFSa
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 17, 2025
Back when General Flynn had a brief and completely legal phone call with Russia’s ambassador as Trump’s incoming national security advisor, Democrats lost their minds. FBI officials, with help from Biden’s transition team, tried to use the Logan Act as legal cover to destroy Flynn’s career. Notes even revealed that the goal was to trap Flynn into lying just to get him fired.
But now, Van Hollen—who has zero diplomatic authority—flies to El Salvador to advocate for the return of a foreign national classified by some as an enemy combatant in the ongoing wave of transnational crime, and suddenly, the Left wants to pretend the Logan Act doesn’t exist?
The American Accountability Foundation has formally requested that Senate Ethics Committee Chairman James Lankford investigate. Good. It’s long overdue that Democrats be held to the same legal standards they try to weaponize against everyone else.
At the end of the day, Van Hollen’s trip wasn’t diplomacy—it was political theater, designed to score points with the far-left base. But he may have accidentally scored himself a legal problem instead.
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