Department of Justice Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Montana Attorney General’s Office today defended a Montana Supreme Court decision that says law enforcement may enter a home without a search warrant if there is a reason to believe a life-threatening emergency is occurring. Montana [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 20-state coalition in supporting President Trump’s deployment of National Guard members to defend Portland against violent protests and support law enforcement in deporting illegal immigrants. The amicus brief filed Wednesday in State [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in launching an investigation into major tech companies regarding their misleading and deceptive claims they are solely powered by renewable energy. In a letter sent Wednesday [...]
HELENA – The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) commissioned 11 new troopers at the 82nd Montana Highway Patrol Advanced Academy graduation ceremony today. Attorney General Knudsen and MHP Colonel Kurt Sager addressed the new troopers prior to their swearing-in and [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 27-state coalition that filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to overturn a California law that bans the possession of large capacity magazines. The brief [...]
HELENA – A Flathead County man was found guilty Friday on six counts of sexual intercourse without consent for sexually abusing three minor children from 2019 to 2021. Three survivors came forward alleging that Jami Leslie James, 50, sexually abused [...]
HELENA – The Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) is accepting Chrome for Kids Wish Fund applications from Montana-based nonprofits that grant wishes to chronically or seriously ill children. When a Montana resident pays to register their motorcycle or quadricycle, a [...]
HELENA –Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed the opening brief in William Trevor Case v. State of Montana ahead of oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in October. The Attorney General’s Office will defend a Montana Supreme [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 27-state coalition Monday asking the Supreme Court of the United State (SCOTUS) to safeguard law-abiding Americans’ right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense and reverse an unconstitutional decision [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen is warning Montanans of the dangers of 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a widely available over-the-counter opioid. 7-OH is a concentrated byproduct of the kratom plant that has a high potential of misuse and can even cause [...]