ELIJAH CUMMINGS

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Let Liz Cheney and Michael Cohen, two former Trumpites who came out from under the former president's control, show a swath of abused Republicans the rewards of doing the right thing.

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., describes the events of Bloody Sunday during a visit to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 7, 2010. The film "John Lewis: Good Trouble" will debut on CNN on Sunday night. The unexpected commercial success of the “RBG” film in theaters two years ago had CNN looking for another contemporary leader whose life could be seen in historical terms. Porter finished the film late last fall, just before learning that Lewis had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It offers a deeper dive into Lewis' life for people who became intrigued about his story around the time he died.

Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump, gets emotional listening to Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) give his closing statement after Cohen testified before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill February 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, was denied a promised early release from prison Friday, a day after an attorney from the Trump Organization sent him a threatening letter warning against him publishing a reported "tell-all" book before the 2020 election. It is not clear if Cohen's release, which was originally approved by the federal Bureau of Prisons, has been permanently rescinded. Cohen's original release date, which is possibly now his current release date, was in November 2021. Cohen's lawyer, Roger Adler, told CNBC in an email, "I am disappointed that Michael was not released after the 14 day quarantine period."

(Reuters) - Melania Trump was widely booed when she took the stage at a youth event in Baltimore on Tuesday, an unusually hostile reception for a U.S. first lady. The sustained boos, which bookended her remarks and were interrupted by some cheers, marked the latest negative reception for President Donald Trump and the first lady at recent public events. The Republican president is seeking re-election in November 2020 as an impeachment inquiry against him heats up in Congress. Baseball fans booed the Republican president at a World Series game in Washington in October. Hello, everyone, Mrs. Trump said as she tried to talk through sustained boos at the start of her brief remarks.

Acting Chair of the House Government and Oversight Committee Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), speaks during a media briefing after a House vote approving rules for an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats chose Representative Carolyn Maloney Wednesday to lead a key committee that is involved in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Maloney is the first woman to head the committee and was chosen by a vote of her fellow House Democrats, defeating Representative Gerald Connolly 133-86. The powerful Oversight Committee is one of three congressional panels leading an impeachment inquiry that was launched on Sept. 24 by Democrats, who have the majority in the House. She had sought the top slot on the Oversight Committee in 2011, but lost then to Cummings.

Acting Chair of the House Government and Oversight Committee Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), speaks during a media briefing after a House vote approving rules for an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats chose Representative Carolyn Maloney Wednesday as the first woman to lead a key committee that is involved in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Maloney was chosen by a vote of her fellow House Democrats, defeating Representative Gerald Connolly 133-86. The powerful Oversight Committee is one of three congressional panels leading an impeachment inquiry that was launched on Sept. 24 by Democrats, who have the majority in the House. She had sought the top slot on the Oversight Committee in 2011, but lost then to Cummings.

REUTERS/Joshua RobertsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats chose Representative Carolyn Maloney Wednesday as the first woman to lead a key committee that is involved in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Maloney was chosen by a vote of her fellow House Democrats, defeating Representative Gerald Connolly 133-86. The powerful Oversight Committee is one of three congressional panels leading an impeachment inquiry that was launched on Sept. 24 by Democrats, who have the majority in the House. The Oversight panel is also involved in multiple investigations of Trumps personal finances and possible abuses at federal agencies. She had sought the top slot on the Oversight Committee in 2011, but lost then to Cummings.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers keynote remarks at the Shale Insight 2019 Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 23, 2019. The judge ordered the Trump administration to give the House Judiciary Committee secret material from former special counsel Robert Muellers investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. The White House, citing the lack of an authorizing vote, had claimed the inquiry was constitutionally invalid and defied numerous congressional subpoenas for documents and testimony. Yovanovitch has also testified, accusing the Trump administration of recalling her based on false claims. His lawyer said the judicial branch needs to weigh in on whether the president can block Kupperman and other White House officials from complying with congressional subpoenas.

Theres nothing weak about looking out for others. Youre not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect, said former President Barack Obama. A son of sharecroppers, Cummings served for 22 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before his death on Oct. 17. The funeral was held in Cummings hometown, which Trump vilified earlier this year as disgusting, rat and rodent-infested.Cummings responded at the time by saying Trump should visit his majority-black congressional district. He had been a central figure in Democrats ongoing impeachment inquiry on the presidents dealings with Ukraine.

Theres nothing weak about looking out for others. Youre not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect, said former President Barack Obama. A son of sharecroppers, Cummings served for 22 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before his death on Oct. 17. The funeral was held in Cummings hometown, which Trump vilified earlier this year as disgusting, rat and rodent-infested.Cummings responded at the time by saying Trump should visit his majority-black congressional district. He had been a central figure in Democrats ongoing impeachment inquiry on the presidents dealings with Ukraine.

The flag-draped casket of late U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is seen at the start of funeral services for Cummings at the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., October 25, 2019. A son of sharecroppers, Cummings served for 22 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before his death on Oct. 17. The funeral was being held in Cummings congressional district, which Trump vilified earlier this year as disgusting, rat and rodent infested.Cummings responded by saying Trump should visit his majority-black congressional district. It is not clear if other White House officials will be there. As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Cummings before his death led a series of investigations into Trumps administration and business dealings.

WASHINGTON - Congressman and civil rights champion Elijah Cummings is set to receive a final farewell in his beloved Baltimore. Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are among the scheduled speakers for the funeral Friday at New Psalmist Baptist Church, where Cummings worshipped for nearly four decades. Bishop Walter S. Thomas Jr., the churchs pastor, will deliver the eulogy. Cummings died Oct. 17 at age 68 of complications from longstanding health problems. On Thursday, he became the first African American lawmaker to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol.

Congressman and civil rights champion Elijah Cummings is set to receive a final farewell in his beloved Baltimore.

Once elected, officials earn the title of "Honorable," and in his eulogy of the late Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings, President Obama talked about those who deserve it and those who don't. "This is a title that we confer on all kinds of people who get elected to public office," Mr. Obama said to laughs and claps. But Elijah Cummings was honorable before he was elected office. Former President Obama speaks during the funeral services for late Representative Elijah Cummings. Mr. Obama told the crowd that there were lessons to be learned from Cummings, who grew up the son of a sharecropper.

Rep. Elijah Cummings was eulogized as a leader with the fiery moral conviction of an Old Testament prophet Friday at a funeral that brought former presidents and ordinary people alike to the Baltimore church where the congressman worshipped for four decades. Former President Barack Obama recalled Cummings' humble beginnings, saying: "His life validates the things we tell ourselves about what's possible in this country, not guaranteed, but possible." Cummings's widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, told the crowd that Trump's recent jabs hurt her husband. that Elijah Cummings shared a name with an Old Testament prophet," Hillary Clinton told the crowd. On Thursday, Cummings became the first African American lawmaker to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol.

House Oversight and Reform chairman Elijah Cummings, speaks during a press conference following a House vote to authorize lawsuits to enforce subpoenas on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and scores of others from both sides of the political aisle paid tribute to the late Rep. Elijah Cummings at his packed funeral Friday in Baltimore. On Thursday, Cummings became the first black lawmaker to lie in state at the Capitol Building. Cummings was seen as an advocate for cutting prescription drug prices, fighting addiction, strengthening gun control and reforming the criminal justice system. North Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, who was a close friend of Cummings, said on Twitter that he knew "no stronger advocate and no better friend" than Cummings.

Throughout his political career, Cummings was best-known for his civil rights activism. Republican Representative Mark Meadows, a prominent Trump defender, described Cummings as a dear friend despite their frequent clashes. I have a family member who was really big into civil rights. Jawauna Greene, a former Cummings staffer, took the train from New York on Wednesday night to pay her respects. Cummings hired her on the spot, said Greene, who later worked as a scheduler in his congressional office.

(Reuters) - Former U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, along with former presidential candidate and Senator Hillary Clinton, are among a whos-who list of the Democratic Party slated to speak on Friday at the late Congressman Elijah Cummings funeral. Representative Cummings office released a list late Wednesday of the 10 pallbearers and 15 speakers slated for the funeral Friday at the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Cummings hometown of Baltimore. Obamas spokeswoman Katie Hill said in a statement late Wednesday that the former U.S. president was requested to speak by Cummings widow Maya Rockeymoore-Cummings. Obama is counted among Cummings friends and Cummings was an early supporter of Obamas 2008 presidential campaign. Along with Hillary Clinton, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Cummings widow, brother and daughters will also speak.

WASHINGTON - The late Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings will be remembered by congressional leaders and colleagues as he lies in state at the Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other congressional leaders will speak at an arrival ceremony Thursday before Cummings lies in state at Statuary Hall. The public will be allowed to pay their respects to Cummings later Thursday. Cummings, a Democrat and chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, died Oct. 17 after complications from long-standing health problems. A sharecropper's son, Cummings rose to become a civil rights champion, committee chairman and a leader of an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

I love their potential and I want to help them realize it," Pelosi recalled. Let's all go home," McConnell recalled Cummings saying at the time. House Majority Whip James Clyburn , D-S.C., recalled connecting with Cummings over their shared roots as "PKs" preachers' kids who followed their own paths to Congress rather than their fathers' into the ministry. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., recalled that during the 2015 Baltimore protests, Cummings was "a calming influence in a sea of rage." As Oversight chairman, Cummings led multiple investigations of the Trump White House, including impeachment.

The final farewells to the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings began Wednesday in Baltimore, where constituents, family members, elected officials and others remembered the Maryland congressman for working tirelessly and fearlessly for social justice from childhood until his death. The congressman's widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, later closed the black casket with silver trimmings ahead of tributes and prayers from fraternal organizations. Flowers were laid outside the arts center, including an arrangement from the university's president that included a note with the message, "Congressman Cummings was a great man and will be truly missed." She said she was "particularly proud" of how Cummings "stood up to (President Donald) Trump" this summer, when he disparaged Cummings' majority-black district. Cummings' body will lie in state on Thursday in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol.

Mosby is not the only Baltimore resident who relied on Cummings for advice. Before there was Barack Obama, here, we had Elijah Cummings," lifelong Baltimore resident and City Council President Brandon Scott said. Scott, 35, recalled how Cummings pulled him aside once when he was a 20-something city employee and asked him about his aspirations. Trump in July called Cummings' district a "disgusting, rat- and rodent-infested mess" where "no human being would want to live." Jamal Bryant recalled Cummings speaking at his church in Baltimore multiple times and always refusing the honorarium he was offered, instead asking that it be donated to youth programs.

In a time of particularly bitter partisan divide in Washington, top Democrats and Republicans alike voiced praise for Cummings on Thursday. In the House, Elijah was our North Star. He was a leader of towering character and integrity, whose stirring voice and steadfast values pushed the Congress and country to rise always to a higher purpose, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. He spent 14 years in the state legislature, becoming the first African-American to be named state House Speaker Pro Tempore, who presides over the chamber when the Speaker is absent. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) speaks with reporters after meeting with President Donald Trump about prescription drug prices at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2017.

FILE PHOTO: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) cries as Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERSWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney will be the acting chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee after the death Thursday of chairman Elijah Cummings, a senior Democratic leadership aide said. Maloney is No. 2 Democrat in seniority on the panel. The caucus process to elect a permanent chair will be announced at a later time, the aide said.

Representative Elijah Cummings, of Baltimore, died early Thursday at the age of 68, his office said. President Trump praised Cummings' "strength, passion and wisdom" in a tweet, despite the insults he hurled at Cummings this summer. The president responded by criticizing Cummings' district as a "rodent-infested mess" where "no human being would want to live." Cummings told the Baltimore Sun that he had only spoken to Mr. Trump one-on-one once, in 2017. Cummings recalled saying: "Mr. President, you're now 70-something, I'm 60-something.

Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings has died at the age of 68. - Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has died at the age of 68 due to health complications, according to a statement from his office. The Democrat was a major player in the impeachment inquiry surrounding President Donald Trump. Cummings had been away from Capitol Hill for more than week after having an undisclosed medical procedure. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) speaks with reporters after meeting with President Donald Trump about prescription drug prices at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo(Reuters) - Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, 68, a Democrat and Chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, has died - CNN and other media reported early Thursday. He was deeply involved in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, a Republican. There was no information immediately available on the cause of death.

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Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York will take over as the acting chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee following the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. The committee, under Cummings' leadership, closely scrutinized President Donald Trump, including helping to lead the impeachment inquiry. Like Cummings, Maloney has served for more than two decades House. "In an era where our politics have been plagued by coarseness and personal attacks, Elijah represented grace, dignity and empathy under the most trying of circumstances," she said. "Elijah Cummings was a courageous leader and trailblazer for our nation, and a true friend and mentor to me," Maloney, 73, wrote in a tweet following his death.

Representative Elijah Cummings, of Baltimore, died early Thursday at the age of 68, his office said. President Trump praised Cummings' "strength, passion and wisdom" in a tweet, despite the insults he hurled at Cummings this summer. The president responded by criticizing Cummings' district as a "rodent-infested mess" where "no human being would want to live." Cummings told the Baltimore Sun that he had only spoken to Mr. Trump one-on-one once, in 2017. He became not only a lawyer, but one of the most powerful orators in the Maryland House of Delegates, where he entered office in 1983.

Meadows, a leader of the House Freedom Caucus and one of Trump's staunchest defenders, considered Cummings one of his best friends. "There was no stronger advocate and no better friend than Elijah Cummings," Meadows tweeted Thursday. Perhaps no Republican exemplified Cummings's ability to reach across the aisle than former Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina. The men were paired again when Gowdy chaired the House Oversight panel, where Cummings served as top Democrat before taking over as chairman in January. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, another arch-conservative and a member of the Oversight panel, called Cummings "upfront, gracious and caring" and tweeted a picture of Cummings posing with Roy's son.

"My life is based on pain, passion, and purpose," Cummings told Kroft. "She says, 'Your daddy, he been waiting and waiting and waiting for a better day,'" Cummings recalled. His father's tearsRep. Cummings' father's tearsFor Cummings' father, the wait paid off: he lived to see his son elected to Congress. Cummings told Kroft that, as then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich swore him in, he looked over to see his father crying. School strugglesRep. Cummings' school struggleAs a child, Cummings was assigned to special-education classes.

Rep. Cummings: I've been to the mountaintop Representative Elijah Cummings, who died Thursday morning at age 68, told Steve Kroft in January how he felt about his work in Congress: "In a sense, I feel like I've been to the mountaintop."

With Rep. Elijah Cummings' death, Capitol Hill loses a widely respected lawmaker who brought gravitas to his role as a key player in challenging President Donald Trump. The longtime Democratic representative and chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform died Thursday at age 68 due to what his office called longstanding health challenges. Early successesRep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. Maureen Keating | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesAfter working as a lawyer in Baltimore, Cummings won a seat in the Maryland General Assembly. Freddie Gray's deathRep. Elijah Cummings pleads with protestors to go home rather than risk arrest in Baltimore, as protestors walk for Freddie Gray, April 29, 2015.

As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Cummings led multiple investigations of the president's governmental dealings, including probes in 2019 relating to the president's family members serving in the White House. Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. "I was devastated," Cummings told The Associated Press in 1996, shortly before he won his seat in Congress. He became not only a lawyer, but one of the most powerful orators in the Maryland House of Delegates, where he entered office in 1983. Cummings was quick to note the differences between Congress and the Maryland General Assembly, which has long been controlled by Democrats.

US President Donald Trump departs the White House in Washington, DC, for Florida on October 3, 2019. The White House said Tuesday that it will not cooperate with House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, claiming that the proceedings amount to "baseless, unconstitutional efforts to overturn the democratic process." "You have designed and implemented your inquiry in a manner that violates fundamental fairness and constitutionally mandated due process," White House counsel Pat Cipollone said in an eight-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings and Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel. A senior White House official told CNBC's Eamon Javers that the letter signifies a "full halt" to cooperation with the impeachment inquiry. That complaint focused mainly on Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a partial transcript of which was released by the White House late last month.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three Democratic committee chairmen of the U.S. House of Representatives said on Friday they had subpoenaed the White House for documents related to their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump. Representatives Elijah Cummings of the Oversight Committee, Adam Schiff of the Intelligence Committee and Eliot Engel of the Foreign Affairs Committee said they were forced to issue the subpoena after the White House failed to produce documents they requested in a Sept. 9 letter. We deeply regret that President Trump has put us - and the nation - in this position, but his actions have left us with no choice but to issue this subpoena, the three chairmen said.

Vice President Mike Pence delivers a speech at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Sept. 11, 2019, in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. WASHINGTON (CNN) - House Democrats are seeking documents from Vice President Mike Pence as part of their impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump and his conversation with the President of Ukraine. The demand for documents came in a letter Friday from House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel and House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings. Rather than traveling to Warsaw, Poland, last month to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump decided to stay home to track the damage from Hurricane Dorian. In his place he sent Pence, whose face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky now puts him at the heart of events that led to the impeachment inquiry by the House of Representatives.

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FILE PHOTO: House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) addresses a National Press Club luncheon on his "committee's investigations into President Donald Trump and his administration," in Washington, U.S., August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mary F. CalvertWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of a congressional panel helping to spearhead an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to issue a subpoena to the White House for documents relating to the administrations contacts with Ukraine. The White Houses flagrant disregard of multiple voluntary requests for documents combined with stark and urgent warnings from the Inspector General about the gravity of these allegations have left us with no choice but to issue this subpoena, House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings wrote in a memorandum to committee members.

President Donald J. Trump participates in a ceremonial Swearing-In of the Secretary of Labor Gene Scalia in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday, Sept 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. The head of a leading House committee said Wednesday that he plans to issue a subpoena to the White House for documents related to Ukraine as part of an ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. "Over the past several weeks, the Committees tried several times to obtain voluntary compliance with our requests for documents, but the White House has refused to engage with or even respond to the Committees." The latest subpoena will demand White House documents about Trump's phone calls with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in April and July, the identity of people who listened in on those calls, and communications between White House officials relating to the call in July. During that call, according to a summary released by the White House, Trump pressed Zelensky to investigate the Bidens.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Key House Democrats announced on Monday that they are issuing a subpoena to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for documents related to Ukraine as part of the House impeachment inquiry. "Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, we are hereby transmitting a subpoena that compels you to produce the documents set forth in the accompanying schedule by October 15, 2019," wrote Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, chairman of Foreign Affairs committee and Rep. Elijah Cummings, chair of the House Oversight committee in a letter to Giuliani. The letter stated that the subpoena was being issued by the House Intelligence Committee and that the documents will be shared among the two other committees and the House Judiciary Committee. This story is breaking and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

The Democratic-led House Oversight Committee asked the Trump administration on Friday to name the top five gun dealers in each state responsible for selling firearms tied to crime. "The Committee is gravely concerned that current law enforcement efforts are not adequately addressing this crisis," Cummings wrote in the letter. "The Committee is seeking to better understand enforcement efforts with respect to [federal firearms licensees] that sell large numbers of guns that are used in crimes, including homicides. This investigation will inform Congress's ability to make changes in federal law that save lives." A spokesperson for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Government officials must stop making "hateful, incendiary comments" that only to serve to divide and distract the nation from its real problems, including mass shootings and white supremacy, Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings said Wednesday in comments aimed at President Donald Trump . Trump disparaged Cummings and his native Baltimore in a barrage of racially-tinged tweets and insults in recent days. Use of such language "only creates more division among us and severely limits our ability to work together for the common good," Cummings said. Cummings said Wednesday that, "Enough is enough," and he called on the nation to confront hatred, white supremacy and mass shootings. "We are done with the hateful rhetoric, done with the mass shootings, done with white supremacists and domestic terrorists fighting against everything our country stands for," Cummings said.

President Donald Trump on Friday used Twitter to offer sympathy or a sharp serving of sarcasm to his foe Rep. Elijah Cummings for a recent attempted burglary at the Baltimore home of the Maryland Democrat. The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed," Trump wrote in a tweet a day after the first reports about last Saturday morning's break-in. A White House spokesman did not immediately respond when asked whether Trump intended for his tweet to be sarcastic or sympathetic. "If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous and filthy place," Trump wrote. That tweet, like the one about Cummings, sparked strong criticism of Trump, with the president defending his comments in the following days.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacts after signing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 on Capitol in Washington, U.S., August 1, 2019. A real estate firm run by Kushners family owns thousands of rental units in Maryland, most in Baltimore County, the Baltimore Sun reported earlier this year. Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. told the newspaper that the county once had to threaten the Kushner firm to get it to address code violations and other issues at its Baltimore County properties, the paper reported on Tuesday. A Kushner Companies representative told the Baltimore Sun in a statement that it is proud to own thousands of apartments in the Baltimore area. Pelosi and others have already denounced Trumps attacks on Cummings and Baltimore as racist - an accusation Trump denied.

President Trump addressed at the 400th Anniversary of the First Representative Legislative Assembly of Jamestown, Virginia, on Tuesday, as he continues to blast Rep. Elijah Cummings and Baltimore. During Mr. Trump's remarks, a single protester was led out of the event as he held a sign that read "deport hate." Some black lawmakers boycotted the event, and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney resigned from the Jamestown Committee in protest of the invitation extended to the president, saying Mr. Trump "denigrates our democracy." Ahead of the celebration, the president tweeted, "Heading to Jamestown, Virginia. Word is the Democrats will make it as uncomfortable as possible, but that's ok because today is not about them!"

Davon Jones doesn't have to look far to see the irony in President Donald Trump 's tweets that Baltimore is a "rat and rodent infested mess." His apartment owned by the president's son-in-law has been invaded by mice since he moved in a year ago. James says he sees a massive contradiction in Trump 's much-publicized tweets laying the blame for Baltimore's poverty, crime and rodent problems on frequent antagonist Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings. In a statement, the Kushner Cos. said it was proud of its Baltimore-area apartments and has worked to maintain a "high quality residential experience for our tenants" by investing "substantial amounts" in upkeep. The Kushner Cos. told the Times at the time that it is had spent $10 million on its properties, but their age means issues can still arise.

President Trump is headed to Jamestown, birthplace of representative government in America, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the First Representative Legislative Assembly in Williamsburg. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump told reporters he thinks Cummings' House Oversight and Reform Committee should begin conducting oversight on Baltimore. Cummings' committee recently subpoenaed records from the Trump family. In the wake of the public feud, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney resigned from the Jamestown Committee to protest the invitation to Mr. Trump, saying he "denigrates our democracy" and has no place at Tuesday's commemoration ceremonies. The area that includes Jamestown was also the birthplace of Native American pioneer Pocahontas, a name he regularly has used to describe Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

Leaders In Baltimore And Maryland Denounce Trump Tweets Attacking Elijah CummingsMaryland leaders and residents are condemning a series of tweets by President Trump on Saturday that attacked Rep. Elijah Cummings and derided the black congressman's district as "a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." Cummings responded to the president on Saturday, writing on Twitter that he is a dedicated advocate for his constituents. The mayor of Baltimore, Bernard C. "Jack" Young, tweeted a statement calling Trump's tweets "completely unacceptable" and a vicious attack on Cummings and the city. "Mr. Trump, you are a disappointment to the people of Baltimore, our country, and to the world," he wrote. Former Baltimore mayor and governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley told NPR's All Things Considered that President Trump "deals in that impoverished vocabulary of a scapegoating fascist.