On Monday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused President Donald Trump and House Republicans of operating a “pedophile protection program.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to swear in the most recently elected member of Congress, Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who has said she will join the bipartisan push to release government files on accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Jeffries was asked about Johnson’s inaction during a press conference.

“The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program,” Jeffries said. “That’s the reason why they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva—for weeks now.”

Jeffries noted that Grijalva won a special election in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District in late September but still has not b

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