The standoff over the Epstein files — and the new congresswoman caught in the middle

Image: Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.). Screenshot from the video: ‘Absolutely no communication’: Dem. Rep.-Elect Grijalva slams GOP for refusing to swear her in – MSNBC. Article by Grace Panetta. The 19th – October 8, 2025.

The federal government is in its second week of a shutdown, and the U.S. House is out of town until next week. But the efforts to release more files connected to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein aren’t going away. House Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home through October 13 as Democrats and Republicans remain locked in a stalemate over funding the government. The House’s extended recess periods have also meant that Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona has still not been sworn in […]

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Video: ‘Absolutely no communication’: Dem. Rep.-Elect Grijalva slams GOP for refusing to swear her in – MSNBC

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