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⚠️NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit against Speaker Mike Johnson to force him to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva. She was elected one month ago today in the AZ-07 special election.
🚨OUTRAGEOUS: Mike Johnson says he “explained” to Adelita Grijalva that she should “get to work and serve her constituents” even though he STILL REFUSES to swear her in.
SHE HAS NO OFFICE AND NO STAFF.
Is Mike Johnson out of his f*cking mind or just EVIL?
When it comes to seating Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Mike Johnson is running out of excuses — and facing a possible court fig
When it comes to seating the Democratic representative-elect, House Speaker Mike Johnson is running out of excuses — and facing a possible court fight.
Democrat Adelita Grijalva cruised to a landslide victory a few weeks ago, winning her congressional special election by roughly 40 points. Once sworn in, she’ll be Arizona’s first Latina congresswoman, succeeding her father, the late Rep. Raúl Grijalva, and she’ll narrow the GOP majority in the House: Republicans will hold 219 seats to the Democrats’ 214, with two vacancies remaining.
What’s more, upon arriving on Capitol Hill, she has also said she intends to sign a pending discharge petition to force disclosure of the Jeffrey Epstein files, currently being held back by Donald Trump’s Justice Department. Proponents of the effort are currently one member short of 218 signatures, but Grijalva’s support would trigger a process House Speaker Mike Johnson would be largely powerless to stop.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says it is "unacceptable" that 800,000 Arizona residents have been without representation in the House.
'We're not messing around': Arizona AG gives Speaker Johnson 2 days to say when Grijalva will be sworn in, otherwise, she says she'll sue
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says it is "unacceptable" that 800,000 Arizona residents have been without representation in the House.
Arizona AG Kris Mayes argues constituents of Grijalva – who would likely be the final signature on a petition to force a House vote to relea
Arizona AG Kris Mayes argues constituents of Grijalva – who would likely be the final signature on a petition to force a House vote to release the Epstein files – are being "taxed without representation."
Oct. 21, 2025, 2:32 PM MST
By Erum Salam
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Tuesday sued the U.S. House in federal court in Washington, D.C. for its delay in swearing the Arizona Democrat into office.
Mayes, a Democrat, argued she acted because House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., "refuses to do his job" in seating Grijalva, who was elected to Arizona's 7th Congressional District in a September special election to succeed her late father.
Can't vote on the Epstein files when there's no voting at all!
WASHINGTON ― The decision by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to keep the House of Representatives out of session during a government shutdown has a curious side effect: It’s delaying a vote on the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Johnson canceled votes last week and this week. He said the House will only return after the Senate approves a government funding bill that the House passed before the government shut down last week. So far, Senate Democrats haven’t budged in their demands for health policy changes.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said the House is actually out of session to thwart his “discharge petition” to allow a vote on the Justice Department’s investigatory files on Epstein.
“Why are we in recess? Because the day we go back into session, I have 218 votes for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files,” Massie wrote Sunday on social media.
Discharge petitions allow rank-and-file lawmakers to go around party leadership to force votes. Such petitions need 218 signatures to succeed. Massie has 217, and there’s a new member waiting to be sworn in who will provide the 218th signature.
But Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.), winner of a special election to fill her late father’s seat last month, can’t be sworn in until the House reconvenes.