Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen was sworn in and begins his second term today. During his second term, Attorney General Knudsen will continue to fight drugs and crime in communities across the state and protect Montanans’ freedoms and [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice is seeking applications to fill three spots on the Tow Truck Complaint Resolution Committee. The positions available are representative of the tow truck industry from Western Montana, a representative of the general public, [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with Governor Greg Gianforte, today recognized Human Trafficking Prevention Month by reminding Montanans to learn the signs of human trafficking and report it if they see it to help stop the heinous crime. [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 22 attorneys general today in filing an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to uphold the national TikTok divest-or-ban legislation passed by Congress earlier this [...]
HELENA – The Montana Attorney General’s Office today charged an attorney in Lake County with one count of solicitation to commit criminal distribution of dangerous drugs and two counts of attempted criminal possession of dangerous drugs following a months-long investigation. [...]
HELENA – To improve service to Montana veterans, the Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) is now accepting additional documents for United States veterans to receive the veteran designation on their state-issued driver license. Going forward, MVD will accept a current [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit against a Biden administration plan that will halt federal coal production in Powder River Basin, which accounts for 85 percent of all coal produced on federal land, and effectively kill [...]
SUPERIOR – Montana Highway Patrol troopers in Superior conducted an interdiction operation from December 2 – 6 to get illicit drugs, firearms used in drug trafficking crimes, and fugitives off the streets. The operations are conducted at various times across [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today the appointment of Lee Johnson to the position of Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) administrator. Prior to his appointment, Johnson served as the bureau chief of the Division’s Investigations Bureau. “I’m confident [...]
HELENA -- The Montana Highway Patrol today identified the canine involved in the Thursday incident in Laurel as canine Mike who served the Patrol for nearly three years as a full-service police utility dog. K9 Mike’s handler was Sergeant John [...]