Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined attorneys general from 25 other states in issuing the following statement in response to the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel: "We are outraged by the terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas against Israel. [...]
HELENA — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 27 attorneys general in demanding the Biden administration correct course and stop releasing illegal immigrants crossing at the wide-open southern border into the United States. In a petition for [...]
CUT BANK – Cut Bank Police Chief Michael Schultz today identified the officer and decedent in the officer-involved shooting on Friday, October 6 in Cut Bank. Cut Bank Police were dispatched to the home of Jeffrey Severn, 54, Friday afternoon [...]
HELENA – The Montana Attorney General’s Office charged two people today following the shooting death of a Hobson man that occurred earlier this month, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Tyson David Kolar, 40, and Megan Michelle Fiechtner, 33, both [...]
CUT BANK – The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Cut Bank that occurred yesterday when Cut Bank Police Department officers were called to the 200 block of 5th Avenue SW for a report of [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana, along with 49 other states, has reached a settlement with software company Blackbaud for its deficient data security practices and response to a 2020 data breach which exposed the information [...]
HELENA – A Miles City man was sentenced to 50 years in the Montana State Prison with a 15 year parole restriction on Monday following his guilty plea to sexual intercourse without consent with a minor, Attorney General Knudsen announced today. [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice was recently awarded a $2.1 million federal grant that will enable the agency to perform additional testing of sexual assault kits and conduct related cold case investigations, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 15 state attorneys general in urging the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reverse a district court’s ruling ordering Texas to remove a buoy barrier along [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 24 states in opposition to a new permitting rule proposed by the Biden administration illegally mandating social, environmental, and race-based regulations for infrastructure projects. In a letter sent today to the [...]