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Arizona Attorney General Chris Mayes Lawsuit filed to put pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson Swearing in an elected Democratic House representative, a step that is likely to trigger a vote on acquittal From the Jeffrey Epstein Files.
Mayes filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Adelita Grijalva Johnson has refused to give him a seat for a month Following his victory in a special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant by his father’s death.
Grijalva is the 218th and final signature needed on a discharge petition urging the Justice Department to release the files Relating to a late convicted sex offender.
“Speaker Johnson seeks a delay to prevent Ms. Grijalva from signing a discharge petition that would force a vote on the release of the Epstein files and/or strengthen his hand in the ongoing budget and appropriations negotiations,” the lawsuit says.
The Louisiana Republican has repeatedly said the delay has nothing to do with the Epstein file vote and that he is “eager” to seat Grijalva as soon as the House is back in session. after the government shutdownWhich has entered the 21 day mark.
Grijalva said he and Mayes are suing “to ensure that the more than 800,000 Arizonans in AZ-07 will no longer be silenced.”
“@SpeakerJohnson’s obstruction goes far beyond petty partisan politics – it is an unlawful violation of our Constitution and the democratic process,” the representative-elect said in a post on Twitter on Tuesday.
“Speaker Mike Johnson is actively stripping the people of Arizona of their one seat in Congress and disenfranchising the voters of Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District in the process,” Mayes said in a statement.
Mayes further said, “By preventing Adelita Grijalva from taking the proper oath of office, he is subjecting Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District to taxation without representation.” “I will not allow Arizonans to be silenced or treated as second-class citizens in their own democracy.”
Johnson accused Mayes of “trying to get some publicity” when he threatened a lawsuit last week.
Grijalva has taken to social media oppose his caseRecording a video outside Johnson’s office, demanding his seat and reporting that the House Women’s Caucus was demonstrating on his behalf.
Johnson hit back this week, saying, “Instead of making TikTok videos, he should be serving his constituents.” “She can take their calls. She can direct them, try to help them deal with the crisis that the Democrats have created by shutting down the government.”