Floridaâs Ashley Moody disavows politics, but fights Trumpâs battles
The state attorney general joined lawsuits backing Trumpâs election challenge. What will it mean for the Republican rising star?
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, pictured with a bipartisan group of state attorneys general outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in 2019. [ MANUEL BALCE CENETA | AP ]
Updated Jan. 14
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has made clear her stance on mixing politics with the job of being the stateâs top legal officer.
Not me, she said.
âIn my term as attorney general, I will never do the bidding of anyone except the people of the state of Florida,â Moody, a former Tampa judge, told Politico after her first year in office.
<figcaption> Paxton’s critics said they are not surprised the attorney general, among a number of Republicans and Trump supporters who have falsely claimed the election was stolen by Democrats, did not sign on to the letters. <cite>Credit: Laura Buckman/The Texas Tribune</cite>
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the only state attorney general in the United States who did not sign on to one of two letters sent this week condemning the