Arizona sues Mike Johnson over refusal to swear in Democrat who could sway Epstein vote [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Tue 21 Oct 2025 17.49 EDT
Arizona’s attorney general is suing House speaker Mike Johnson over his refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who won a congressional special election in September. Grijalva was elected on 23 September in the southern Arizona district that her father, Raúl Grijalva, held until his death earlier this year.
Kris Mayes, the Democratic attorney general in Arizona, had promised to sue if Johnson would not let Grijalva get started on her work. She sent a letter to Johnson on 14 October demanding he schedule a swearing-in within two days, which did not happen.
“By blocking Adelita Grijalva from taking her rightful oath of office, [Johnson] is subjecting Arizona’s seventh Congressional district to taxation without representation. I will not allow Arizonans to be silenced or treated as second-class citizens in their own democracy,” Mayes said in a press release announcing the lawsuit.
Grijalva, who has held local offices in Arizona for decades, went to Washington in early October, expecting to be sworn in and start her new job. Johnson has so far not scheduled a swearing-in for her, depriving her of the ability to use her office or access parts of the Capitol designated for members of Congress without an escort. “I want to get to work and I can’t,” Grijalva said in early October.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/arizona-mike-johnson-adelita-grijalva
Link to AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes PRESS RELEASE - Attorney General Mayes, Representative-elect Grijalva Sue House of Representatives
Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://azag.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cc1fad182b6d6f8b1e352e206&id=ab7fb298c0&e=b0dbe1a1e5
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