Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. In the filing, Mayes wrote, “Constitutional rights cannot be used as a bargaining chip.” Mayes is asking the court to force Speaker Johnson to swear in Grijalva or designate someone else to do it. By refusing to seat Grijalva, Speaker Johnson is depriving 813,000 residents living in Arizona’s 7th District of congressional representation. Grijalva says she believes Speaker Johnson is refusing to swear her into Congress because she would be the final 218th vote on a discharge petition to release the Epstein files.