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Eleanor Holmes Norton, Longest serving representative of Washington, DC According to the police, people claiming to be part of the cleaning team in Congress had committed a scam of thousands of dollars.
the suspects broke in 88 year old democratOn Thursday she went home and they charged her credit card over $4,000 for work she didn’t do, nbc4 First reported.
A DC Police The report obtained by the outlet claims Norton is in the “early stages” dementia,” which his office rejected.
“The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption that the reporting officer was unfit,” Norton’s office said in a statement.
Norton’s longtime associate, Jacqueline Pelt, reported the incident to police, politico Informed.
“The congresswoman is safe and the fraud allegations have been reported to police and her bank,” Norton’s office said in a statement. “She thanks MPD and Capitol Police for their quick response.”
Norton, the House’s oldest member, has held her seat since 1991 and has indicated she plans to run for re-election next year.
When Norton was asked if he planned to extend his political career into his 90s, he responded, “I say my seniority is very important, and I’m not going to detract from that.”
Donna Brazile, the former interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee and Norton’s campaign manager before working as his chief of staff in the 1990s, asked her former boss to step down last month.
“I have known my dear friend Eleanor for 44 years, since I came to Washington after graduating from college,” Brazile wrote in an op-ed. Washington Post last month, “She is no longer the dynamo she used to be, at a time when D.C. needs the kind of energetic representation in Congress she has provided for decades.”
Brazile said it was in Norton’s “best interests” not to seek re-election.
D.C. Council member Robert White, one of two council members who have announced they are running for Norton’s seat, said in a statement that he was “deeply disturbed” about the incident.
White said, “As someone who studied and learned from his former staffer and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, I am deeply troubled by her betrayal by cruel people claiming to be working in her home.”
A video sparked concern last month as Norton struggled to walk away from the podium without assistance.