Florida Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody is asking a U.S. District Court to declare that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) violated state residents’ civil rights when it instructed relief workers to avoid homes with signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump and to award punitive damages.

Moody on Thursday announced she had filed a motion that also requests a jury trial to determine whether FEMA took unlawful actions in response to victims of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

“According to whistleblowers, ‘at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags’ in Lake Placid, Florida ‘were skipped from the end of October and into November due to the guidance,'” said Moody’s court filing in U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, Fort Pierce Division.

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