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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Finally sworn in, Grijalva slams Johnson's 'abuse of power' for obstructing her

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

MS NOW, Jen Psaki

Politics, News, Ms Now, Versant Media, Versant

4.4975 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Rep. Adelita Grijalva, now official a member of Congress after waiting 50 days for Republican House Speaker to agree to swear her into office, talks with Jen Psaki about how Johnson's obstruction "has highlighted the corruption," and the need for a law that requires new members be seated promptly without relying on the good faith of the House speaker.

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0:00.0

It is a huge, I mean, enormous news night. The House just passed the bill, of course, to reopen the government, ending the shutdown, which is, of course, a big story tonight.

0:09.6

We also have a huge developing story that I think is shaping up to be the greatest political scandal of our lifetime.

0:18.0

It very well could be, all stemming from Donald Trump's relationship with

0:21.5

notorious child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. And we have an enormous lineup of guests on this topic

0:27.2

tonight, people who are right in the center of this. Congressman Robert Garcia, the ranking

0:31.3

member of the House Oversight Committee, I just mentioned this to Chris, who blew this whole

0:35.2

story wide open, will join me here in just a second to talk about

0:39.0

all of this. And Hirtanae is also newly sworn in Congresswoman Adelaide Grahalva, who just

0:44.7

became the pivotal 218th signature to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files on the House

0:51.5

floor. One of her guests for that swearing in that just happened earlier this afternoon was

0:56.9

Epstein survivor and advocate Jess Michaels, who has been tirelessly calling for the release

1:02.2

of the Epstein files.

1:03.6

And she's also going to join me to talk about what we've just learned today, which was a lot

1:07.9

and what she wants to see happen next, because that's such an important part of this conversation and story right now.

1:13.7

But I'm going to say it again, this really is shaping up that to be, it could be the greatest political scandal of our lifetime.

1:21.7

And the reason I know that in part is because of the relentless pressure campaign the Trump White House

1:28.3

waged today to stop more information from coming out.

1:31.8

It is quite telling.

1:33.5

First of all, let's remember this is the same president who regularly admits he knows

1:38.1

nothing about whatever issue is embroiling his administration at any given time.

1:43.6

And this is the same president who spent

1:45.7

the last few weeks refusing to lift a finger at all in the negotiations to end the government shutdown.

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