• Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens to sue U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson over Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in delay • Grijalva won a special election to fill a seat vacated by her father’s death, with 70% of the vote • Mayes claims Grijalva’s delay is hindering her ability to serve constituents
Saying he’s acting illegally, Attorney General Kris Mayes is threatening to sue U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson if he doesn’t say by the end of Oct. 16 exactly when and where Adelita Grijalva will be sworn into office.
The letter to Johnson comes weeks after voters chose the Tucson Democrat in a special election to fill the seat vacated by the death of her father.
Mayes said the election results — she defeated Republican Daniel Butierez with close to 70% of the votes cast — were never in