Florida Senator Ashley Moody voted against requiring federal officers at protests to show their agency and identifier, against requiring a governor's consent before National Guard troops patrol a state, and against body cameras for immigration agents. She voted to confirm the Homeland Security secretaries whose agencies claimed authority to monitor protester networks, including U.S. citizens, and searched a congresswoman's home.
Moody also voted to confirm the Justice Department leaders who indicted the President's critics, among them, with a deciding vote, Todd Blanche, and Jeanine Pirro, whose office investigated six Democratic lawmakers over a video. In Florida, a federal judge ruled in March 2026 that the Everglades immigration camp must provide people detained there with better access to their attorneys.
Ashley Moody's Confirmation Votes and Votes on Federal Agents and Protesters
- Moody Voted to Confirm the Homeland Security Secretaries Whose Agencies Monitored Protesters and Searched a Congresswoman's Home. Moody voted to confirm Kristi Noem in January 2025 and Markwayne Mullin in March 2026 to lead the Department of Homeland Security. ICE leadership claimed authority to use all available tools to monitor and investigate anti-ICE protester networks, including U.S. citizens, Brookings reported. Under Mullin, Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a court-approved search warrant at Omar's home, 22 days before the election, after Mullin said his department was investigating issues surrounding Representative Ilhan Omar.
- Moody Voted to Confirm the Justice Department Leaders Who Prosecuted Trump's Critics. Moody voted to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general on February 4, 2025, and Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general on March 5, 2025 and as attorney general on August 8, 2026, when the 50-49 vote needed her yes. Under them the department indicted James Comey and Letitia James, and a judge dismissed both cases because the prosecutor had been unlawfully appointed. Protect Democracy found that "Most of those cases have failed".
- Moody Voted to Confirm the Prosecutor Who Investigated Six Democratic Lawmakers Over a Video. On August 2, 2025, Moody voted to confirm Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Her office investigated Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin and five other Democratic lawmakers over a video telling troops they may refuse unlawful orders, and after a grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin in February 2026, Pirro dropped the investigation.
- Moody Voted Against Barring Federal Officers at Protests From Hiding Their Identities in October 2025. On October 9, 2025, Moody voted no on Senator Jeff Merkley's amendment requiring federal officers doing crowd control to show their agency and identifier and providing that they may not tape over or otherwise obscure or conceal the identifying information. It failed 47-50. In an arrest a federal judge later ruled unlawful in Iowa, "No identification was made" by the ICE agents, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported.
- Moody Voted Against Requiring a Governor's Consent Before Guard Troops Patrol a State in October 2025. On October 9, 2025, Moody voted against Senator Chris Van Hollen's amendment requiring the consent of the chief executive officer of a state for certain full-time National Guard duty there, and against Senator Tammy Duckworth's amendment limiting support by the armed forces to civilian law enforcement without notice to Congress. Both failed. National Guard troops have patrolled Washington, D.C. since August 2025, at a peak of about 5,000, the Associated Press reported.
- Moody Voted Against Body Cameras for Immigration Agents in June 2026. On June 5, 2026, Moody voted no on an amendment to buy body-worn cameras for immigration officers and make the footage available to the people filmed. It failed 46-53. Alex Pretti was fatally shot while filming an immigration operation in Minneapolis in January 2026.
What the Agencies Under Officials Ashley Moody Confirmed Did to Detainees in Florida
- Detainees' access to lawyers. Former detainees of Florida's Everglades camp, which held people for ICE, sued, saying their First Amendment rights were violated because attorneys have to make an appointment to visit three days in advance. On March 27, 2026 a federal judge ruled that the camp must provide people detained there with better access to their attorneys, including free, confidential legal calls. ICE emptied the camp on June 16, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions About Ashley Moody on Civil liberties
What is Ashley Moody's record on civil liberties under Trump?
Ashley Moody voted against identification requirements, body cameras and a governor's-consent rule for federal forces, and voted to confirm the Homeland Security and Justice Department leaders who monitored protesters, searched a congresswoman's home and indicted the President's critics in cases that mostly failed. In Florida, a federal judge found the Everglades immigration camp had to give detainees better access to their attorneys.
Did Ashley Moody vote to require federal agents to show identification?
No. Ashley Moody voted on October 9, 2025 against Senator Merkley's amendment requiring federal officers doing crowd control to display their agency and an identifier, which failed 47-50. The amendment would also have barred officers from taping over or concealing that information.
How did Ashley Moody vote on limits to National Guard deployments in states?
Ashley Moody voted against requiring a governor's consent before certain full-time National Guard duty in a state, which failed 47-50, and against limiting military support to civilian law enforcement without notice to Congress, which failed 46-52. Both votes came on October 9, 2025, two months after Guard troops began patrolling Washington.
Last updated: 2026-10-25