Arizona Rep.-Elect Grijalva Finally Gets Keys to Office - But 'No Internet, No Computers...Phone Lines Aren't Working'

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Source: MEDIAite

Oct 14th, 2025, 10:43 pm


Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) has been waiting weeks to be sworn in and finally got the keys to her congressional office Tuesday, only to find “just a space” — no internet, no phone lines, no computers. Grijalva won a special election on Sept. 23, easily trouncing her Republican opponent in her deep-blue district 69% to 29%. She will succeed her father, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), who died on March 13, in representing Arizona’s 7th district —if she is ever sworn in.

House Republicans are dragging their feet on letting Grijalva officially join their ranks and have been using the government shutdown as an excuse. However, it’s widely speculated that a major reason for the delay in swearing her in is the vote to release the Epstein files, as Grijalva would be the 218th vote to pass the bill in the House; she’s publicly made this accusation many times herself.

There has been a lot of demand — including from President Donald Trump’s MAGA base — to release the files related to deceased convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, and documents obtained by media outlets have only heightened the interest in bringing transparency to the matter.

Late last month, Grijalva expressed frustration because she couldn’t hire staff, use the congressional bypass for the security line, and had not yet been given access to an office. That latter issue was addressed Tuesday, only to lead to more frustration once she realized she had been given the keys to “basically an empty room,” as Politico’s Nicholas Wu reported.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/arizona-rep-elect-grijalva-finally-gets-keys-to-office-but-no-internet-no-computers-phone-lines-arent-working/