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October 7, 2025

Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva Blasts Delay to Her Swearing-In as an "Epstein Cover-Up"
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Adelita Grijalva, who just won a special election for a House seat in
Arizona last month, has still not been sworn in to Congress despite
arriving in Washington, D.C., last week. Last Friday, House Speaker Mike
Johnson canceled previously scheduled votes for this week and is holding
"pro forma" sessions with just a few minutes of business per day.
Grijalva thinks it's because she's the deciding vote on a petition to
release the Epstein files. Democratic Congresswoman Alexandra
Ocasio-Cortez echoed her concerns, writing on X, "The government is in
full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back
into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote
on releasing the Epstein Files and they don't want it out."


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