House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted the Epstein files had nothing to do with the delayed swearing-in of Arizona Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.
Grijalva won her special election on Sept. 23 to succeed her father, former Rep. Raul Grijalva, who died in March.
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Democrats have speculated that Johnson has delayed swearing in Adelita Grijalva because she will vote to release the Epstein files.
“It has nothing to do with that at all. We will swear her in when everybody gets back,” Johnson said in a Tuesday press conf