HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and a coalition of 21 state attorneys general today called on President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under federal law. The FTO designation will make additional...
HELENA – Following a report on NewsNation detailing the influence of the open southern border and Mexican drug cartels on Montana’s fentanyl crisis, Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined Chris Cuomo on NewsNation Monday to discuss the issue and called on the federal government to designate...
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen is reminding Montanans to be aware of criminals trying to scam them as the Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) fielded 974 scam complaints and saved Montanans from losing more than nearly $900,000 in 2022. In 2022, OCP...
Leads coalition to uphold federal law against encouraging illegal immigration Joins lawsuit to stop unlawful citizenship program HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 25 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday in support...
In response to Governor Greg Gianforte's State of the State address, Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement: "Governor Gianforte is right: Montanans are better off now than we were two years ago, but the threat of crime and drugs continues to grow after previous...
HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) announced today that submissions are open for the National Missing Children’s Poster Contest. Montana fifth graders can submit their art in the theme of “Bringing Our Missing Children Home” to...
HELENA – Today, on Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Attorney General’s Office prosecutors, Department of Justice human trafficking agents, and other advocates testified in House Judiciary Committee in support of House Bill 112. Sponsored by Rep. Jodee Etchert the legislation will strengthen...
BILLINGS – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen convened law enforcement officials and legislators in Billings to discuss and show support for Governor Greg Gianforte’s executive budget recommendations that increases investment in law enforcement and public safety resources amidst the drug crime crisis that has grown...
HELENA – Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 14 other state attorneys general today called on Apple and Google to take immediate action and correct their application store age ratings of TikTok by the end of the year. The change will help parents protect their...
HELENA – Fifty-six new officers who will serve in 30 agencies across the state graduated today from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA), which is part of the Montana Department of Justice. MLEA provides basic and advanced training for state, county, city, and tribal law enforcement...