[Reuters on the 17th]-Elijah Cummings (Democratic Party) chairman of the House Surveillance and Government Reform Committee, who pursues the impeachment investigation of US President Trump, died on the 17th. I was 68 years old. Cummings' office announced.
He said he had a health problem for many years.
Mr. Cummings was selected from Baltimore, Maryland, and focused on promoting civil rights. In addition to the Trump presidential impeachment investigation, he demanded the release of the president's tax records and was in conflict with the administration.
This summer, President Trump called Mr. Cummings, who is critical of his immigration policy, as a “severe thug” and attacked violently. He commented about Baltimore as “a place where mice are infested and nauseous” and criticized his constituency if he had time to criticize the US border guards along the border with Mexico.