“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,” Attorney General Ashley Moody said in a statement ...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and a former employee, for allegedly instructing hurricane relief workers to avoid residences displaying signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump.

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is demanding that FEMA provide documentation after an employee instructed hurricane relief workers to avoid homes with Trump flags.

Ashley Moody is asking a federal judge to declare that the FEMA employee violated property owners’ civil rights.

Florida sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director and an employee who was fired for telling a survivor assistance team after Hurricane Milton not to visit homes displaying signs supporting President-elect Trump’s candidacy.

Former Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor Marn’i Washington came under fire last week for advising her team to “avoid” Florida houses “advertising Trump.” This call allegedly came after several hostile encounters with property owners.

In an interview, Marni Washington said she followed standard protocol for FEMA workers to avoid hostility in the field. She said agency guidelines clearly state they should disengage from politically hostile communities regardless of political affiliation.

Independent journalist Brittney Hopper says the latest debacle involving a FEMA worker shows how “divided” the United States has become.