Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 30 attorneys general in urging Congressional leadership to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), before the end of the year. The legislation will establish better safeguards for minors online [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 28 states in filing an amicus brief against the Biden-Harris administration’s attempt to thwart the Second Amendment by classifying forced reset triggers (FRT) as machine guns. The brief, filed [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today the retirement of Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Administrator Bryan Lockerby, effective December 13. Lockerby has served Montanans in the position for 12 years and will retire after a 43-year career in [...]
HELENA – Sixty-two new officers who will serve in 40 agencies across the state graduated today from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) within the Montana Department of Justice. MLEA provides basic and advanced training for state, county, city, and [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana will receive nearly $4 million in a multi-state settlement with Kroger – a national grocery chain which operates subsidiaries in Montana, including Smiths and Loaf ‘N Jug – to resolve [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 12 attorneys general in launching an investigation today into the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for sharing misleading and deceptive statements that ignore the long-term and harmful consequences of [...]
MISSOULA – The Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Missoula County Sheriff’s Office, and Missoula Police Department, conducted a human trafficking operation in Missoula this week which led to the arrest of eight individuals, Attorney General Austin [...]
HELENA – A Red Lodge man was sentenced to 20 years at the Montana State Prison for assaulting a 9-month-old baby in 2019, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. The man fractured the baby’s skull and left the baby, who [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok today for knowingly sharing addictive and harmful content with children and teens and engaging in other deceptive practices in violation of the Montana Consumer Protection [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today issued an Attorney General’s Opinion (AGO) holding that felons placed in Warm Springs, the Montana State Hospital (MSH), for psychiatric treatment are prohibited from voting just as their counterparts serving prison sentences [...]