‘Clearly A Political Prisoner’: Van Hollen Presses Trump Nominee Over US Lawyer Jailed In El Salvador
Jun 19, 2026
During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Thursday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) asked Juan Segura, President Trump’s nominee to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation, about Ruth Lopez, who is detained in El Salvador.
