Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 17 other state attorneys general calling on the United States Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision giving officials license to stifle their political opponents’ protected speech by [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen, in partnership with responsibility.org, released a public service announcement today encouraging parents and caregivers to talk to young Montanans about alcohol to prevent underage drinking this month during Alcohol Responsibility Month. The PSA emphasizes the [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 20 other state attorneys general warned more than 50 of the nation’s largest asset managers about Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments being made with Americans’ hard-earned money as annual shareholders’ meetings [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 19-state coalition that filed a brief in support of parental rights and against “social transitioning” of children in a lawsuit against a policy at a Massachusetts school district that is stripping [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today released the following statement regarding President Biden’s “Executive Order on Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer”: “The President can’t rewrite laws. This is yet another executive order from the most [...]
HELENA - In response to reports that Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover have decided to ‘pause’ the implementation of a merchant category code for the processing of firearms purchases from gun stores, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen requested Tuesday that the Montana First Judicial District Court certify an immediate appeal of Judge Christopher Abbott’s order permanently enjoining the Parental Consent for Abortion Act of 2013 in the Planned Parenthood v. State [...]
HELENA - Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 18 other state attorneys general this week filed amicus briefs in federal court supporting Americans’ right to keep and bear arms and the right of places of worship to determine their own [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced his support today of Senate Bill 419, which would prohibit Chinese-owned TikTok from being downloaded on devices in Montana. TikTok collects user data that could be shared with the Chinese Communist Party, [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today a nearly 10,000 percent increase in fentanyl seizures by anti-drug task forces in Montana since 2019. Additionally, triple the amount of fentanyl was seized in 2022 compared to 2021, obliterating previous [...]