Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in supporting a Louisiana lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule that expanded access to abortion drugs through mail and telehealth, that disregards states’ prerogatives to protect [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 19 attorneys general requesting the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) investigate over 150 U.S.-based climate activist groups taking money from foreign entities to influence energy policy in the United [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of attorneys general in urging the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) to review the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern freight-railroad companies, which will stifle competition and [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in sending a letter to leaders of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary today urging the confirmation of Robert Cekada as director of the Department [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Knudsen issued the following statement today regarding President Trump’s nomination of Katie Lane to serve as judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana: "It is an honor to congratulate Katie on her [...]
BILLINGS – The Montana Department of Justice (MTDOJ) and Billings Police Department (BPD) are warning citizens of the increased presence of the synthetic opioid carfentanil in Yellowstone County.The Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force recently seized a [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the Montana Department of Justice is launching an investigation into recent actions taken by local governments that may be in violation of Montana’s sanctuary city ban. The announcement [...]
PHILIPSBURG - The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer-involved critical incident that occurred this afternoon near Philipsburg on Montana Highway 1. At approximately 4:00 p.m., the suspect walked into the Sunshine Station in Philipsburg and threatened [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a 22-state coalition urging the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to expand its ongoing investigation into the improper influence of federal proceedings to include The Federal Judicial Center, which recently published a biased [...]
HELENA – A Livingston man was sentenced to life at the Montana State Prison for murdering a man in 2022, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Skyler Griebel, 33, was found guilty in October 2025 of deliberate homicide. In February [...]