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 AG sues Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Democrat for weeks
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday following a continuous refusal by Johnson to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva., D-Ariz. The 17-page lawsuit filed in Washington on Monday seeks to compel Johnson to swear in Grijalva, or for another official in the House to do so. Mayes warns that allowing Johnson to avoid seating Grijalva would “thwart” the will of voters. “This case is abo…
Arizona Attorney General sues US House for not swearing in representative-elect Grijalva
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued the US House of Representatives Tuesday for not administering the oath of office to representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. Grijalva won a special election to the House on September 23. The complaint follows a letter from Mayes to Johnson demanding that Grijalva be sworn in. Mayes now asks the court to issue a declaratory judgement finding Grijalva to be a member of the House once she takes the oath. She f…
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