After 50-Day Delay of Her Swearing In, Grijalva's First Act in Congress Is to Trigger Epstein Vote

"Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who won a special election to fill her late father's vacant congressional seat, was finally sworn in on Wednesday, 50 days after her victory, due to a delay by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana). On the day of her swearing-in, Grijalva became the 218th lawmaker to sign a discharge petition that will force a vote in the House of Representatives on the release of thousands of pages of Department of Justice (DOJ) files on sex offender and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein."

"Johnson had claimed he was delaying swearing in Grijalva because the House was out of session, a decision he made due to the government shutdown. He insisted that refusing to seat Grijalva was consistent with precedent set by former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California), who also refused to seat people in the House when the chamber was out of session. However, earlier this year, Johnson subverted that precedent when he allowed Republicans to be sworn in when the House was out of session."

Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election to fill her late father's vacant seat, was sworn into Congress 50 days after her victory after Speaker Mike Johnson delayed seating. On her swearing-in day, she became the 218th lawmaker to sign a discharge petition to force a House vote on releasing thousands of pages of Department of Justice files about Jeffrey Epstein. Johnson cited the House being out of session due to the government shutdown but had earlier allowed Republicans to be sworn in while the chamber was out. Grijalva entered to applause and criticized Republicans for failing to address Trump's abuses of power.

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