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 (D) asks the court to compel Johnson (R-La.) to swear in Grijalva (D-Ariz.) or allow her to be sworn in by someone else.
“Constitutional rights cannot be used as a bargaining chip,” Mayes wrote in the filing.
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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.
