WASHINGTON — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday, following through with threats to pursue legal action if the top House Republican continued stonewalling the swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva .

Mayes filed the lawsuit just after 2:40 p.m. local time, accusing Johnson of unlawfully delaying Grijalva’s entry into the House to block the release of the Epstein files and to give Republicans leverage in the ongoing shutdown fight . The lawsuit comes more than one month after Grijalva won the special election for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District to replace her father, who died while in office earlier this year.

“Speaker Mike Johnson is actively stripping the people of Arizona of one of their seats in Congres

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