A core team of staffers — including her soon-to-be chief of staff, communications director, and senior adviser — has been coordinating Grijalva's transition to Congress.

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father.

Johnson told him to ask Mills, whom he called “a faithful colleague” before pleading ignorance of the allegations.