Rep. Elijah Cummings Dies at 68

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Rep. Elijah Cummings, key figure in Trump investigations, dies at 68

Rep. Elijiah Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat and key figure leading investigations into President Donald Trump, has died at age 68, his office announced early Thursday morning.
He died of “complications concerning longstanding health challenges,” his office said in a statement.
The congressman, who had represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District since 1996, served as the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, one of the panels involved in the impeachment inquiry of Trump.
He oversaw a range of investigations into the Trump administration, from issues relating to the impeachment inquiry to the treatment of migrants at the southern border to the use of personal email for official use by White House officials to how a citizenship question was considered for the US census.

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And it was his committee that grilled Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, in a blockbuster hearing this past February.
It was not immediately clear who would succeed Cummings as chairman of the oversight committee or how his passing will affect the swirling impeachment investigation into Trump.

As he has led these investigative efforts, Cummings also clashed publicly with the President. Earlier this year, Trump tweeted disparaging remarks toward Cummings and his Maryland district, which includes much of Baltimore, calling the majority black district a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.”AMIBC® - VOTE! BE COUNTED! BE HEARD!

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