Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – A Lake County man was found guilty of two counts of arson, including one count for the Boulder 2700 fire that destroyed homes, damaged property, and forced evacuations in Lake County during the summer of 2021, Attorney General [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is warning non-profit organizations of scammers who are targeting them with fake donations and then asking for a portion of the money back, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen in a letter Saturday urged executives at Paramount Global and CBS Entertainment Group not to broadcast commercials from Temu – an online retail platform linked to the Chinese Communist Party – during Super [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in opposition to the United States Senate’s “border bill” that will fail to solve the crises at the southern border. The bill was proposed after negotiations with the Biden White [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana will receive over $1 million in a national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. In [...]
HELENA – A Belgrade man who previously pleaded guilty to repeatedly shooting at a sergeant from the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office while fleeing from law enforcement in a high-speed chase was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in the Montana State [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen is encouraging Montanans to always be on the lookout for criminals trying to scam them as the Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) fielded 958 scam complaints and saved Montanans from losing [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 13 attorneys general in demanding the Biden administration stop attempts to sidestep Congress by giving the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the sweeping authority to prepare and file tax returns [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition in support of Texas’s efforts to secure the southern border as the Biden administration's failure to enforce the law is wreaking havoc on Montana and states across the country. In [...]
BOULDER – Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) Trooper Thomas Tafoya today received the Medal of Valor, the agency’s highest award for mitigating a hostage situation involving armed robbery suspects, and then providing aid to the hostage who was shot in the [...]