Chris Van Hollen: “The president's budget accomplishes two important objectives.”

It is unacceptable that Amb. Huckabee and his staff continue to cover up and block access to essential information about these killings.

We must hold them to this standard and hold a hearing to determine what the Department knows, as well as request the original report written by embassy staff on the status about these killings.

This should chill every American to the bone. When the rights of one are threatened, the rights of all are at risk.

We must not forget that a federal judge has already made clear what we have long known: the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice is engaged in a vindictive prosecution against Kilmar.