Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued the US House of Representatives Tuesday for not administering the oath of office to representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. Grijalva won a special election to the House on September 23.

The complaint follows a letter from Mayes to Johnson demanding that Grijalva be sworn in. Mayes now asks the court to issue a declaratory judgement finding Grijalva to be a member of the House once she takes the oath. She further asks the court that if House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Grijalva, that anyone authorized to administer oaths under US, DC, or Arizona law be permitted to administer Grijalva her oath.

Speaker Johnson asserts that he has not sworn in Grijalva because the House is not currently in a regular legislative session. The House w

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