After more than a month, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will be sworn in on Wednesday. Her swearing-in ceremony has significant implications for a highly anticipated vote to compel the Department of Justice to release all remaining documentation pertaining to convicted sex offender Jeffrey

A discharge petition now has the 218 signatures needed to trigger a vote on releasing more Epstein files. A bipartisan House effort to force a vote on releasing more files related to the federal government’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein can now move forward.

Democrats and some Republicans will soon have the signatures to force a House vote to compel the Justice Department to release all of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The House took a major step Wednesday toward a vote on forcing the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, with the long-awaited swearing-in of Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.). Why it matters: Grijalva,

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.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) Wednesday, who is expected to become the final signatory on a measure to force a vote on the release of government files related to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in on Wednesday by Speaker Mike Johnson, his office said on Tuesday, ending weeks of delays and likely triggering a vote in the House of Representatives around the release of the Department of Justice’s trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.