Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday for failing to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.
In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, Mayes asks the court to compel Johnson to swear in Grijalva or allow her to be sworn in by someone else.
“Constitutional rights cannot be used as a bargaining chip,” Mayes wrote in the filing.
In a letter to Johnson last week, Mayes threatened legal action against the speaker if he did not move to seat Grijalva by the end of the week.
Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.
Grivalja won a Sept. 23…
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