"Thirty days after winning the special election for her late father's congressional seat, Arizona Democratic Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva joined our video call from a temporary setup in her district. She had not yet received congressional funds to sign a lease for a district office-because despite winning over two-thirds of the vote in her state's Seventh Congressional District, she still hasn't been sworn in to the House of Representatives."
"Johnson has firmly denied that the delay in administering Grijalva's oath of office is connected to the petition and maintains he will swear in Grijalva when the House returns to full session after the shutdown. Instead, he claims to be following "the Pelosi precedent," citing instances where former Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not swear in new members during a recess. However, Johnson himself swore in two Representatives outside of a normal House session earlier this year."
Adelita Grijalva won a special election for her late father's House seat but remains unsworn thirty days later and lacks congressional funds to open a district office. A sign in her temporary office urged ending the shutdown, swearing her in, and releasing the "Epstein Files." Grijalva pledged to sign a bipartisan discharge petition that would force a vote to have the Justice Department release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, potentially providing the 218th signature. Speaker Mike Johnson says the delay follows a Pelosi precedent and denies linkage to the petition, despite prior exceptions he made; protests and legal action have followed.
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