Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led 24 other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief late Thursday to safeguard law-abiding individuals’ right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense against unnecessary intrusions. In this case, [...]
HELENA – A Butte man was sentenced to 50 years in the Montana State Prison after he shot at law enforcement who arrived at the scene where he was breaking windows and setting his apartment on fire, Attorney General Austin [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today filed a lawsuit challenging an unlawful Biden administration greenhouse gas emissions rule that would require states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles on its roadways to help achieve President Biden’s economy-wide [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced a $700 million agreement reached between state attorneys general and Google for anticompetitive practices related to its app store. Affected consumers will receive 90 percent of the settlement funds while the State [...]
HELENA – A Forsyth man was sentenced in Rosebud County District Court Monday to 60 years in the Montana State Prison with 20 years suspended after admitting to sexually assaulting a minor girl multiple times between 2015 and 2021, Attorney [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 26 attorneys general in opposition to the Biden administration’s shocking and unconstitutional attack on American’s right to keep and bear arms that could criminalize law-abiding citizens for selling a [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general demanding media outlets stop providing material support to terrorists and terrorist organizations, following several credible and concerning reports that news outlets had hired individuals with ties [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and ten other state attorneys general filed a lawsuit today against an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that makes sweeping and unlawful changes to federal regulations governing state-issued water quality certifications. The Biden [...]
HELENA – Sixty-six new officers who will serve in 15 agencies across the state graduated today from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) within the Montana Department of Justice. MLEA provides basic and advanced training for state, county, city, and [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today the State is suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, in federal court alleging that the company’s misrepresentations of content available on Instagram violate Montana’s consumer protection laws and [...]