By Tessa Roy, WPRO News

House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan now has a Democratic ally in her battle with Attorney General Peter Kilmartin over access to documents that show how $230 million in Google settlement money was spent. Cranston Representative Robert Jacquard said on Thursday that he gave her $1,000 to help her obtain more documents.

Morgan previously spent $3,750 on a records request. On Wednesday, images of blacked-out documents she received as a result of the request circulated on social media.

“She must have felt like she got kicked in the stomach” upon receiving the documents, Jacquard said, suggesting she could have been forewarned about the heavy redacting before spending the money.

Jacquard said he took issue with the Attorney General’s office referring to her as “Patty Morgan” rather than using her state title in its response. He said Kilmartin should apologize for “callous treatment of an elected official.”

“She’s not an average person asking for records. When she speaks, she speaks for her 14,000 constituents and she deserves to be respected,” he said.

Morgan is currently crowdfunding to pay for more documents. She said she’s going to court, noting that the issue is “time sensitive” and that she’s leaving office soon.

“You can’t figure out why an entire two pages was completely blacked out talking about lapel pins. There’s nothing security related to lapel pins,” she said. “And yet he’s blocked it out. So that should be just a tip off that he’s hiding something.”

WPRO has reached out to the Attorney General’s office for comment. Kilmartin’s office previously stated it would not give Morgan “special treatment,” and said it’s complying with all state public records requirements and regulations regarding the Google settlement.