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Elijah Cummings Baltimore home burglarized

In this file photo from Tuesday, April 2, 2019, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., leads a contentious meeting to call for subpoenas during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the latest rhetorical shot at lawmakers of color, Trump this weekend vilified Cummings' majority-black Baltimore district as a &quot;disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess&quot; where &quot;no human being would want to live.&quot; (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file) — In this file photo from Tuesday, April 2, 2019, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., leads a contentious meeting to call for subpoenas during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the latest rhetorical shot at … In this file photo from Tuesday, … more >

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By Victor Morton - The Washington Times - Thursday, August 1, 2019

Several hours before President Trump kicked off a weeklong news cycle by attacking Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district as a crime- and rat-infested slum, the Baltimore lawmaker’s house was burglarized.

According to a Thursday report by WJZ, citing a statement by the Baltimore City Police, Mr. Cummings’ home was broken into around 3:40 a.m. Saturday.

Breaking: Congressman Elijah Cummings home broken into. Baltimore police investigating @wjz pic.twitter.com/4noh7h0yJB
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) August 1, 2019

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Police aren’t sure whether any property was taken from the house in the 2000 block of Madison Avenue, the statement said.

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