Cummings had issued at the beginning of impeachment proceedings, just a few weeks before his death: “When the history books are written about this tumultuous era, I want them to show that I was among those in the House of Representatives who stood up to lawlessness and tyranny.” She added another Cummings quote, this one from the conclusion of a February 2019 hearing at which Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, then already on his way to jail, had testified. Cummings said, “When we are dancing with the angels, the question will be, did we—what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy
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