Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Sunday repeatedly sidestepped questions about whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gangbanger as the Trump administration has alleged. Van Hollen (D-Md.), who met with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador on Thursday notably refused to deny that Abrego Garcia was gang member and confessed he did not ask him about the alleged ties when they spoke — despite CNN’s Dana Bash asking him point-blank if he could say “with absolute certainty” that the deported illegal migrant wasn’t a member of the vicious gang.

Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced he was leaving for El Salvador on Wednesday after a man accused of having ties to the MS-13 gang was mistakenly deported there. While a district judge ruled in favor of bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States,