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October 15, 2025

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