Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – For the third consecutive year, the Montana Department of Justice’s Forensic Science Division (FSD) is among the few forensic laboratories worldwide to earn the prestigious FORESIGHT Maximus Award from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD). FSD, most [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading a coalition of 20 states against a foreign attack on the American firearms industry. In an amicus brief filed Thursday, the 20 attorneys general seek to protect the law-abiding firearms manufacturers [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen released the following statement in response to Governor Greg Gianforte’s signature on Senate Bill 419, banning TikTok in Montana: “TikTok is a Chinese Communist Party spying tool that poses a threat to every [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced Madisyn Allard, of Superior, as the winner of the second annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Poster Contest, during National Police Week. Madisyn is a fifth-grade student at Superior Elementary School. The winning poster [...]
Statement from Montana Department of Justice regarding the state Supreme Court decision in Weems v. State of Montana: “The state Supreme Court has become disgracefully radicalized and out of touch with Montanans. This case was not about the right to [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a motion for sanctions against Planned Parenthood, other abortionists, and their counsel Monday in state district court after they knowingly and intentionally violated the laws of Montana and disrespected the judiciary and [...]
HELENA – On Fentanyl Awareness Day, Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement warning Montanans of the dangerous drug: “Fentanyl is a poison that is killing men, women, and children at unprecedented rates and leaving behind countless heartbroken families. [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice and Attorney General Austin Knudsen will host a Peace Officers Memorial Day ceremony on May 15 in the rotunda of the State Capitol, the attorney general announced today. The event will honor the [...]
HELENA – On this Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, Attorney General Austin Knudsen praised the Legislature for passing bills supported by the Montana Department of Justice this session to combat human trafficking and the missing and murdered Indigenous persons [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that over 17,000 Montanans who were tricked by TurboTax’s owner Intuit into paying to file their federal tax return will begin receiving checks from a settlement announced last year. The checks, [...]