Senator Chris Van Hollen (D- MD) is scrambling to distance himself from, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran illegal alien who was deported to his native country, after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a multi-count human trafficking indictment levied against him. Van Hollen previously travelled to El Salvador and sipped martinis with Abrego Garcia while lobbying for his release.

Two months after the Trump Administration deported Abrego Garcia from the state of Maryland back to El Salvador, a federal grand jury has now indicted him for allegedly transporting illegal migrants inside the country. The illegal alien is accused of taking part in a years-long conspiracy to traffic illegal immigrants from Houston, Texas to other cities within the U.S. interior.

According to prosecutors, the conspiracy lasted for the better part of a decade and resulted in thousands of illegal aliens from Mexico and other Central and South American nations being trafficked across the United States.

After Abrego Garcia was deported, he was embraced by Democrat lawmakers and activists as a hero and symbol of the left’s resistance to deportations of illegal aliens. Senator Van Hollen emerged as a primary organizer of the campaign, as he mobilized to free who had falsely been dubbed as a “Maryland Man” by Democrats and their media allies.

Back in April, Van Hollen travelled to El Salvador in order to meet with Abrego Garcia after claiming he had been sent to the country’s infamous supermax prison. Upon arrival, he soon found out that the Salvadoran national was not imprisoned, as he sipped margaritas with him, and his translator, inside an upscale hotel in the nation’s capital of San Salvador.

Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien who has been described as a “Maryland man” by Democrats. The “Maryland man” needed a translator in order to communicate with the senator

Following the indictment — which further outlines credible  allegations of gang affiliation and domestic violence — the Democrat senator is scrambling to distance himself from his cheerful meeting with the “Maryland Man.”

“After months of ignoring our Constitution, it seems the Trump Admin has relented to our demands for compliance with court orders and due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia,” the senator posted on X Friday in a false representation surrounding the circumstances of Abrego Garcia’s return.

“This has never been about the man — it’s about his constitutional rights and the rights of all,” the senator added.

While Van Hollen attempts to distance himself from his fervent embrace of Abrego Garcia, several legal analysts have suggested that the Democrat senator could face criminal charges for attempting to subvert the Trump Administration’s immigration policies.

The Logan Act — named after former Pennsylvania Senator George Logan — allows criminal penalties for any Americans corresponding with foreign officials “with intent to influence the[ir] measures … in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States.”

It has been U.S. law since 1799, when Logan met with French diplomat Charles de Talleyrand in defiance of then-President John Adams’ diplomatic goals. Logan, in conjunction with Thomas Jefferson, was attempting to end U.S. hostilities with France in what was known as the Quasi War.

“The Logan Act says any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with the intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than three years or both,” WMAL host Vince Coglianese explained after the meeting.

The conservative radio host then noted that the same statute was used to prosecute former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who was accused of failing to disclose contacts with Turkish officials.