Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a 15-state coalition in asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to uphold uniform national labeling requirements for farming herbicides, to ensure farmers have access to glyphosate, a proven safe [...]
HELENA – A Big Horn County woman received a 10-year deferred imposition of sentence and was ordered to pay $101,171 in restitution for financially exploiting her mother and stepfather, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. This case marks the first [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen released the following statement regarding Congressman Ryan Zinke’s announcement to retire from the U.S. House of Representatives: “It’s been a pleasure to work with Congressman Zinke over the years. He doesn’t hesitate to help [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced a landmark settlement agreement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (“Vanguard”) for conspiring to artificially constrict the coal market through anticompetitive trade practices. In 2024, Attorney General Knudsen filed a lawsuit against [...]
HELENA – A Flathead County man was sentenced to 300 years at the Montana State Prison today for sexually abusing three children under the age of 12 from 2019 to 2021, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. The man will not [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 11 state attorneys general in asking the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) to review the proposed merger between Netflix and Warner Brothers, which will stifle competition and increase [...]
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is warning Montanans of fraudulent text messages from scammers claiming to be from the Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) and asking the recipients to pay fines or traffic [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement after the lawsuit challenging Montana’s TikTok ban was jointly dismissed in U.S. District Court for the District of Montana today:“The Chinese Communist Party used TikTok to spy on Montanans. The [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to remove the biased climate science chapter from their reference manual used by judges across the country and [...]
HELENA – Submissions are open for the 2026 Montana Law Enforcement Appreciation Poster Contest, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Elementary school students throughout Montana are encouraged to participate in the fifth annual poster contest by submitting artwork which displays [...]
