Mike Johnson struggled to keep his composure when pressed about swearing in a congresswoman-elect who has vowed to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

The House Speaker was grilled on This Week Sunday about why Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has waited weeks to be sworn in—with some suggesting the delay is because the Democrat plans to force a vote on the Epstein files.

After first saying that Chuck Schumer and the government shutdown were responsible for the slowness, the House Speaker then blamed Nancy Pelosi.

“This is the way the institution works. I’m following the Pelosi precedent, by the way,” he said.

“When my dear friend from Louisiana, Julia Letlow, was elected to fill the seat of her deceased husband because of Covid, Nancy Pelosi took 25 days to swear her in.”

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