Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of attorneys general today in filing a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s unlawful Title IX rule which puts the rights and safety of girls and young women at risk. In [...]
HELENA - Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with three other state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s overreaching energy rule that will cost Montanan’s their jobs and negatively impact the state’s economy. The Bureau of Land [...]
HELENA - Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement in response to Congressional approval of a bill that will ban TikTok in the United States if Chinese-owned ByteDance does not sell their stake of the platform: “I’m glad [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with 24 other attorneys general, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Biden Administration’s unlawful electric vehicle (EV) mandate that threatens the economy, puts jobs at risk, and undermines the reliability of the [...]
HELENA – In response to the guilty verdict in the trial of Jason Allen Miller, who ran over Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson in February 2023, Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement: “We will not tolerate violence [...]
BOZEMAN – Over 100 law enforcement officials, criminal prosecutors, advocacy groups, public health officials, and private industry leaders joined Attorney General Austin Knudsen today in Bozeman to discuss efforts and effective strategies to combat human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in demanding action from Bank of America to correct the company’s debanking policies and discriminatory behavior toward conservative and religious Americans. In a letter sent to [...]
HELENA – A Hill County man pleaded guilty Monday in Hill County District Court to one count of incest and one count of sexual abuse of children, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. William Ramirez, 41, admitted to law enforcement [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today asked the Montana Board of Land Commissioners to remove the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s decision-making authority over private water rights at the Board’s meeting next month. At a Land [...]
HELENA – A Mineral County man was found guilty Thursday of one count of incest and one count of sexual assault on a minor following a jury trial in Mineral County District Court, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. A jury [...]