WASHINGTON — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said she is drafting a lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., over his refusal to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva during the government shutdown.

Mayes told CNN on Thursday night that her team was already preparing litigation against the Republican speaker, claiming he is violating the law by denying a duly elected lawmaker the right to be sworn into office. Instead, Mayes argued that Johnson was delaying her swearing-in because Grijalva has committed to sign a discharge petition that would force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files in full.

“The law is very clear that no speaker of the House has the right to deny a state the seating of a member of Congress. No speaker has the right to basically violate

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