Department of Justice Press Releases

  • Published On: May 5, 2022

    MISSOULA — To further support customers in the Missoula area in response to increased demand, Montana’s Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) will be at the state Department of Transportation in Missoula for a week-long mobile licensing event Monday, May 9 through [...]

  • Published On: May 4, 2022

    HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that his office secured a half-million dollars from the owner of TurboTax, Intuit Inc. (Intuit), for using deceptive digital tactics to steer low-income consumers toward its commercial products and away from [...]

  • Published On: April 28, 2022

    Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 13 other states are suing the Biden administration over yet another unlawful immigration rule that will make the crisis at the southern border worse than it already is. The new rule violates federal laws and [...]

  • Published On: April 26, 2022

    HELENA – The Department of Justice Prosecution Services Bureau (PSB) won two homicide convictions and one felony intimidation conviction in court last week. Cavey Little Rossbach was convicted of homicide for the murder of William “Bill” Conko-Camel in Sanders County [...]

  • Published On: April 25, 2022

    Following a lawsuit brought by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and other state attorneys general, a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) that prevents the Biden administration from lifting the Title 42 policy that allows border officials [...]

  • Published On: April 22, 2022

    HELENA -- Lloyd Barrus was sentenced to three concurrent life sentences in Montana State Prison today for his role in the 2017 murder of Broadwater County Sheriff Deputy Mason Moore. Barrus was found guilty in September of three counts of [...]

  • Published On: April 20, 2022

    HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is warning Montanans of a scams that could be impacting many Montana ranchers. One investigation is still ongoing, but the Office of Consumer Protection estimates that a Canadian company has stolen up to [...]

  • Published On: April 18, 2022

    Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading a coalition with 15 other state attorneys general calling on President Joe Biden to reinstate the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline following reports his administration is seeking to import more oil from [...]

  • Published On: April 14, 2022

    HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a lawsuit against the Biden administration today to block it from rescinding the Title 42 public health policy during the worst border crisis in decades. The lawsuit asks the court to move swiftly [...]

  • Published On: April 13, 2022

    In response to reports that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will extend the federal transportation mask mandate until May 3, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement: “President Biden’s mask mandate should have ended [...]

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For more information, or to schedule interviews with Attorney General Austin Knudsen or DOJ staff members, reporters should contact one of the department’s communications officers at (406) 444-1776.

Available information may be limited by the Montana Criminal Justice Information Act of 1979 or by the status of an ongoing criminal investigation.

Direct media inquiries to:
Amanda Braynack or
Chase Scheuer or
by phone: 406-444-1776.