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Speaker Johnson Continues to Delay Swearing-In of Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva

HeadlineOct 15, 2025

Arizona’s attorney general is threatening legal action if House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to delay the swearing-in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. In a statement, Attorney General Kris Mayes said, “We are keeping every option open to us, including litigation, to hold him accountable and make sure that Adelita is able to begin her work as Arizona’s newest member of Congress.” Grijalva would be the final 218th vote on a discharge petition to release the Epstein files. Last week, Speaker Johnson was asked whether he was delaying Grijalva’s swearing-in over the Epstein files, to which he replied, “It has nothing to do with that at all.”

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