Department of Justice Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen was a witness today before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance on the missing and murdered Indigenous persons (MMIP) crisis. During the hearing entitled “Missing and Murdered [...]
HELENA – The Montana Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Jason Allen Miller for the attempted homicide of Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Miller appealed his June 2025 conviction for running over and seriously [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 15 other state attorneys general launched an investigation into OpenAI over potential violations of consumer protection and data-privacy laws following a data breach by one of the company’s experimental models this summer. [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued legal guidance today to local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies clarifying how the recent ruling in Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF aligns with Montana law. The federal court ruling affects silencers, short-barreled rifles (SBR), [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today led a coalition of 25 state attorneys general in urging Trump Administration officials to investigate and cancel federal grants to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) for using taxpayer [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced a landmark settlement agreement with Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) for intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to minors and for misleading the public about the safety of its platforms. Montana [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Montana Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) are warning Montanans about fraudsters creating spoof websites that look nearly identical to legitimate websites to collect consumers’ personal and financial information. There [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) arrested a man for soliciting sex from women at homeless outreaches and shelters in Billings and the surrounding area, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Roy Scott Reid [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of attorneys general in urging the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to deny the proposed merger between Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) freight railroad companies, which would reduce competition [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 16-state attorneys general supporting President Trump's effort to pass the SAVE America Act, which will protect America’s elections, strengthen the country’s national defense, and support American farmers. In the letter sent today [...]