Department of Justice Press Releases
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 26 attorneys general supporting President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), a dangerous gang designated a foreign terrorist organization. In [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging Congressional leadership to pass the “No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act,” which will prohibit government devices from downloading and using the Chinese Communist Party’s DeepSeek [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen banned the use of DeepSeek, a China-based artificial intelligence platform, on all Montana Department of Justice (MTDOJ) devices as it poses serious security risks making information shared by its users available to the [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced an immigration enforcement agreement with President Donald J. Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The agreement will authorize Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) troopers and Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) agents to [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Montana Department of Justice prosecutors and investigators testified in Senate Judiciary Committee today in support of Senate Bill 261, sponsored by Senator Greg Hertz, which will protect children from dangerous drugs, like fentanyl. [...]
HELENA – A Montana man was sentenced Monday to 100 years at the Montana State Prison with 50 years suspended and will not be eligible for parole for 25 years for possessing child sex abuse material, Attorney General Austin Knudsen [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 22 states in supporting President Donald J. Trump’s “Fork Directive,” which offers buyouts to federal employees who opt to resign from their positions and will free up government resources [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in demanding answers from the world’s top asset managers to determine if they are misrepresenting and omitting essential disclosures regarding Chinese investments. In a letter sent [...]
Attorney General Knudsen asks Legislature for indoor firing range at Montana Law Enforcement Academy
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen testified today in the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning in support of a capital investment project that, if approved by the Montana Legislature, will provide funding for an indoor firing range at the [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in defending President Donald J. Trump’s executive order that protects the value of American citizenship and closes a birthright citizenship loophole that incentivizes illegal immigration. In [...]