Chris Van Hollen
Role at the time: U.S. Senator from Maryland
Statement summary
In Senate floor remarks, Van Hollen said that "In my State of Maryland, DHS lied about the circumstances surrounding a nonfatal shooting" and that DHS was "exposed in their lies because of a local county investigation". CBS News Baltimore reported the remark as concerning the Glen Burnie shooting.
“In my State of Maryland, DHS lied about the circumstances surrounding a nonfatal shooting, and they were exposed in their lies because of a local county investigation that showed that DHS was plain wrong.”
Official transcript of Senator Van Hollen's Senate floor remarks. The transcript refers to a nonfatal shooting in Maryland. CBS News Baltimore reported the remark as concerning the Glen Burnie shooting.
Why we used this label
The reference point includes DHS's public account of the shooting. Van Hollen says DHS lied about the circumstances and was shown to be wrong by a county investigation, which is an express rejection of that account. Denies loses because the passage does not identify which specific fact he calls false.