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Rep. Elijah Cummings’ Ethically Challenged Wife Demands His Seat

We had the Kennedy seat. Now we’ve got the Cummings seat.

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the wife of deceased politician, Rep. Elijah Cummings, is preparing to run for his seat, on a compelling platform of being his widow and having some interesting financial arrangements.

Meanwhile Rep. Cummings is recently enmeshed in a scandal involving a nonprofit run by Cummings’ wife, which received millions in donations from special interests with business before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform which he chairs. Cummings’ wife’s non-profit paid her for-profit $250,000 in management fees.

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is also the chair of the Maryland Democratic Party.

She’s stepped down from that position to run for the Cummings seat, but will doubtlessly benefit from her connections. And her creative enrichment skills.

Read the full story from Front Page Mag


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