Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana will receive $2.5 million from in a settlement with eight opioid drug makers to resolve their roles in the nation’s opioid epidemic. Montana will receive $2.5 million of the total [...]
Attorney General Knudsen leads 23-state coalition to protect parents’ rights from woke school boards
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 23-state coalition in support of a parent who was stripped of his longstanding fundamental right to direct his daughter’s upbringing when school officials in Delaware withheld information on his child’s gender [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced the appointment of Billings attorney Emily Jones to the Montana Judicial Standards Commission (JSC). With over 15 years of private practice experience, Jones brings a wealth of legal expertise to this critical [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen launched an investigation Wednesday into Lee Enterprises, a multistate media company, following a cyberattack that compromised thousands of subscribers’ personal information. Attorney General Knudsen is bringing the investigation under Montana’s Consumer Protection Act [...]
HELENA –The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) commissioned 17 new troopers, the largest class in the last 20 years, at a graduation ceremony in Helena Friday. Attorney General Knudsen and MHP Colonel Kurt Sager addressed the new troopers prior to their [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined attorneys general from 25 other states in issuing the following statement supporting President Trump’s decision to send in the National Guard in response to violent riots in California: “We will always defend [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is warning Montanans of fraudulent text messages from scammers claiming to be from the Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) and asking the recipients to pay fines or traffic [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 28-state coalition supporting a challenge to Maine’s unconstitutional waiting-period law which requires gun buyers to wait 72 hours before taking possession of a firearm after purchase. The amicus brief, filed in [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement Thursday following the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) decision in Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et.al., v. Mexico. Attorney General Knudsen led an amicus brief in support [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) are encouraging drivers to stay safe on the road as Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer and the beginning of the “100 Deadliest Days of [...]