US EditionArizona sues Speaker Mike Johnson demanding swearing in of Adelita Grijalva
- On Tuesday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed suit to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election nearly one month ago.
- Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat Adelita Grijalva despite election certification last Tuesday and repeated requests from her and House Democrats.
- Without being sworn in, Adelita Grijalva cannot access office phones, email, or allowance, leaving 813,000 residents of Arizona's 7th Congressional District without representation.
- Mayes wrote that `for weeks, the speaker has stonewalled, delayed and twisted himself into knots trying to justify what is, at its core, a brazen act of voter disenfranchisement`, as the legal fight escalates and Johnson says he will seat Grijalva once the House reopens.
- Democrats say Grijalva would be the deciding 218th signature on the bipartisan discharge petition to release Jeffrey Epstein files, which could alter House majority dynamics in coming weeks.
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Arizona sues U.S. House to force swearing-in of Rep. Adelita Grijalva
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. House of Representatives and Speaker Mike Johnson, accusing House leadership of unlawfully blocking the swearing-in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, argues that Speaker Johnson’s refusal to administer the oath of office to Grijalva violates the U.S. Constitution and deprives Arizona’s 7…
Tucson, U.S.A., Oct. 21 (EFE).- Arizona State Attorney Kris Mayers filed a lawsuit this Tuesday against the U.S. House of Representatives and its leader, Republican Mike Johnson, due to the delay in the swearing-in of elected Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva. Mayes has filed a legal complaint with the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against the Lower House to force Grijalva's swearing-in as a member of Congress after her election last mon…
Arizona sues US House over delay in Grijalva swearing-in
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) filed a lawsuit Tuesday over GOP leaders’ refusal to seat a newly elected Democratic lawmaker. The suit asks a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to declare Adelita Grijalva a member of the House and allow someone else to administer the oath if Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) won’t do so. Mayes’s […]
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