House Speaker Mike Johnson again denied he has delayed swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, but he also didn’t commit to when she would formally join Congress.

Looming over her addition to the House of Representatives is her support for a measure that would require a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein investigative files that Republican House leadership is in no rush to consider.

Johnson, R-Louisiana, said the Arizona Democrat would be seated next week when the chamber returns to regular session, even though he was in Washington on Oct. 7, fielding questions from reporters about the continued vacancy.

He reiterated a now-familiar message about Grijalva, who easily won a Sept. 23 special election to succeed her father, the late Rep. Raúl Grijalva, in Congress. She hails from Southe

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