"House Republicans are dragging their feet on letting Grijalva officially join their ranks and have been using the government shutdown as an excuse. However, it's widely speculated that a major reason for the delay in swearing her in is the vote to release the Epstein files, as Grijalva would be the 218th vote to pass the bill in the House; she's publicly made this accusation many times herself."
"Late last month, Grijalva expressed frustration because she couldn't hire staff, use the congressional bypass for the security line, and had not yet been given access to an office. That latter issue was addressed Tuesday, only to lead to more frustration once she realized she had been given the keys to basically an empty room, as Politico's Nicholas Wu reported. https://twitter.com/nicholaswu12/status/1978220542869012498 I just got keys, but there the phone lines aren't working, Grijalva told Wu. There is no internet, no computers. It's just a space."
Adelita Grijalva won a Sept. 23 special election by a wide margin to succeed her father in Arizona's 7th district but has not been sworn in. House Republicans have delayed her swearing-in, citing the government shutdown, while many observers and Grijalva herself suggest the delay may be tied to a pending vote to release Jeffrey Epstein-related files, which she would help pass as the 218th vote. Grijalva has been unable to hire staff, use congressional security bypasses, or access a functioning office; the space she received lacked internet, phone lines, and computers, prompting Democratic protests.
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