Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office launched an investigation into the current Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Attorney General Ashley Moody's Office launched an investigation into FEMA on Wednesday.According to Moody's office, after tornadoes and hurricanes struck parts of Florida, there were reports that FEMA workers were allegedly directed not to go to any homes that had a sign for President-elect Donald Trump.

At a time when Americans worry—for good reason—that the apparatus of the state is used to punish the political enemies of those in charge, a government employee just got caught doing what many people fear has become common practice: politicizing the use of government power.