House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered the oath of office to U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva on Nov. 12, winding down a nearly seven-week-long standoff that became a flashpoint for Democratic complaints and teeing up a politically sensitive vote on the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Fifty days after winning her late father’s seat in Congress, Rep. Adelita Grijalva was finally sworn in. The Tucson Democrat immediately attacked Speaker Mike Johnson, calling the unprecedented delay an "abuse of power.

The representative-elect and the state of Arizona sued Johnson in October 2025 over his refusal to swear her in.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday afternoon, setting the stage for a fight over a push to release more files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will swear in Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday, Johnson's office said on Tuesday. Grijalva won a special election in September to succeed her late father in Congress,