Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) has become the decisive 218th signatory of a discharge petition forcing a vote on a full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, moments after being sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Grijalva has been in congressional limbo since Sept. 24, when she won her House seat in a special election. Johnson had pushed off swearing her in while the House remained out of session during the government shutdown. But with a deal finally being struck to reopen the government, she officially became a member of the 119th Congress on Wednesday afternoon.

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