Attorney General Mayes, Representative-elect Grijalva Sue House of Representatives

PHOENIX – Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that Arizona, alongside Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. against the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to ensure Ms. Grijalva’s swearing in as a member of Congress following her election last month.
 
“Speaker Mike Johnson is actively stripping the people of Arizona of one of their seats in Congress and disenfranchising the voters of Arizona’s seventh Congressional district in the process,” said Attorney General Mayes. “By blocking Adelita Grijalva from taking her rightful 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.”
 
“Speaker Johnson’s obstruction has gone far beyond petty partisan politics – it’s an unlawful breach of our Constitution and the democratic process. The voters of Southern Arizona made their choice, yet for four weeks, he has refused to seat a duly elected Member of Congress – denying Southern Arizona its constitutional representation,” said Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. “I’m proud to join Attorney General Mayes in standing up for the more than 800,000 Arizonans who have been stripped of their voice in Congress. Speaker Johnson cannot continue to disenfranchise an entire district and suppress their representation to shield this administration from accountability and block justice for the Epstein survivors.”
 
A copy of the complaint is available here.