Kate Rogers, the former president of the Alamo Trust which manages San Antonio’s historic site, sued Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick , Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and the trust’s board weeks after she resigned under pressure from conservative officials.

Rogers filed the suit in federal court Monday, seeking to reclaim her old job and damages from Patrick, Buckingham and the board. In the suit, Rogers claims her severance pay was revoked after a Texas Monthly story was published in which she discussed conservative backlash that began after an October social media post celebrating Indigenous People’s Day. The suit also names Esperanza “Hope” Andrade, the current Alamo Trust president, as a defendant.

The lawsuit was first reported by the San Antonio Express-News.

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