Elijah Cummings, American legislator, dies at 68

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Elijah Cummings

(CNN) - US lawmaker Elijah Cummings, a Democratic representative for Maryland, died Thursday, according to his office.

The Democratic Congressman represented the Seventh District of the Maryland Congress since 1996 and served as chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Commission, which is one of the committees involved in the political trial investigation of the president of the United States, Donald Trump

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