After more than a month, Johnson tells CNN Grijalva could be sworn in soon

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn into office. Johnson told CNN’s Jake Tapper it will likely happen in the next 48 hours.

“Just as I promised, as soon as we get back to legislative session, so I mean, before we have this vote that we’re talking about, she’ll be administered to the government,” Johnson said.

“After the House gavels in, but before the vote?” Tapper asked.

“Right, yeah, sure, sure, as soon as we get started,” Johnson said.

Both parties’ new members have been quickly sworn in by Johnson in the past. But he’s so far refused to do the same for Grijalva amid the government shutdown — which began about a week after she won the District 7 Congressional seat in late September.

During her victory speech in Tucson, Grijalva told supporters back then she planned to be the 218th vote to pass a petition to release the Epstein files. House Speaker Mike Johnson recently talked to CNN’s Jake Tapper about those plans.

“She has the right, it’s immaterial to us. It’s now moot point by the way. The oversight committee has been delving in deeply to the Epstein investigation, and they released 43,000 of the Epstein files, more to come,” he said.

Both Democrats and some GOP lawmakers have accused Johnson of trying to stave off a Congressional vote to force the release of the files — which he has staunchly denied.