Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 12 attorneys general in launching an investigation today into the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for sharing misleading and deceptive statements that ignore the long-term and harmful consequences of [...]
MISSOULA – The Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Missoula County Sheriff’s Office, and Missoula Police Department, conducted a human trafficking operation in Missoula this week which led to the arrest of eight individuals, Attorney General Austin [...]
HELENA – A Red Lodge man was sentenced to 20 years at the Montana State Prison for assaulting a 9-month-old baby in 2019, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. The man fractured the baby’s skull and left the baby, who [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok today for knowingly sharing addictive and harmful content with children and teens and engaging in other deceptive practices in violation of the Montana Consumer Protection [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today issued an Attorney General’s Opinion (AGO) holding that felons placed in Warm Springs, the Montana State Hospital (MSH), for psychiatric treatment are prohibited from voting just as their counterparts serving prison sentences [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen Tuesday led a coalition of seven attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging a Biden-Harris administration rule that would allow illegal immigrants to remain where they are [...]
HELENA – A Montana man linked to a previously missing Arizona teenager pleaded guilty Monday in Hill County District Court to one count of sexual abuse of children after authorities found child sexual abuse material on his cell phone last [...]
BILLINGS – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced the Montana Department of Justice will be providing an additional $3.5 million of funding for Montana Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) to help communities across the state improve their response and care for [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana will receive over $900,000 in a multi-state settlement, ending the outstanding damages phase of an unclaimed property dispute with Delaware. The dispute originated after states discovered Delaware was misapplying federal [...]
BUTTE – Montana Highway Patrol troopers in Butte recently conducted an interdiction operation from September 9 – 12 to get illicit drugs, firearms used in drug trafficking crimes, and fugitives off the streets. The operations are conducted at various times [...]