Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes on Tuesday went to court to force U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear-in to Congress a Democrat who won a special election last month.
Mayes filed the lawsuit against Johnson in federal court in Washington D.C., following through on a threat she made last week amid mounting protests over the ongoing delay in allowing Adelita Grijalva to take her seat after her decisive victory.
In the suit, Mayes wrote that Johnson, R-La., has not given "any valid reason for refusing to promptly seat Ms. Grijalva." Mayes suggested that Johnson was delaying the seating of Grijalva because she would provide a decisive vote to force the release of documents related to Jeffery Epstein, a deceased sex trafficker who was friends with President Donald Trump before the two had a falling out.
"As of today, Arizona remains entitled to nine representatives," Mayes wrote. "But Arizona presently has eight representatives sworn and seated in Congress, one fewer than the number to which it is entitled."
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