House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has repeatedly denied that the delay in swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., has anything to do with her intent to be the last signature needed to force a vote on releasing more Jeffrey Epstein case files. But even after the speaker’s latest assurances, the Democratic politician told Salon she isn’t buying it.

“I’m very skeptical because as soon as he said, ‘Hey, we’ll schedule it whenever she wants to,’ he quickly rolled back on that statement,” Grijalva said in an interview Tuesday evening. “He is not scheduling us to be in session anytime in the near future, so me getting sworn in is completely, right now, under his purview.”

To change that, Grijalva said she’s exploring legal action.

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