Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) has formally filed a lawsuit against the House of Representatives over Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-Louisiana) refusal to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Arizona).

Grijalva won a special election exactly one month ago. Yet she has not yet been granted access to her seat or offices in Washington, with Johnson arguing that she shouldn’t be sworn in because the House is technically out of session.

Johnson is refusing to end the House’s current recess until the government shutdown ends. It’s possible that Johnson is refusing to seat Grijalva now because hers is the last vote needed to force a vote on releasing federal files on accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who once had a close relationship with President Donald Trump.

Johnson denies

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