MIAMI—Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody announced she is taking legal action against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and recently fired supervisor Marn’i Washington for “conspiracy to discriminate against Florida hurricane victims who support President-elect Donald Trump.”
Moody is seeking nominal damages, punitive damages in the defendants’ individual capacities, and a declaration that these FEMA officials “conspired to interfere with the civil rights of Florida citizens.”
“Hurricane season is not over, and the federal agency in charge of emergency response is embroiled in scandal—caught withholding aid from storm victims in Florida who support President Trump,” Moody said in a press release. “I am taking swift legal action to find out how far this political discrimination reaches and to make sure all Americans who fall victim to devastating storms are served, regardless of their political affiliation.”…