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Attorney General Knudsen Leads Lawsuit Against Biden’s Rule on Private Gun Sales
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has taken a stand against the Biden administration's rule on private gun sales, leading a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit. The lawsuit challenges the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule that threatens to criminalize law-abiding citizens for selling firearms without obtaining a federal license.Attorney General Knudsen expressed his concerns, stating, “This is another attempt by the Biden administration to criminalize law-abiding Montanans for exercising their right to keep and bear...
Attorney General’s office secures guilty verdict in Three Forks homicide case
HELENA – A Three Forks man, Zachary Eugene Norman, has been found guilty of deliberate homicide in a case that shocked the community. The verdict was delivered by a judge in Gallatin County District Court, as announced by Attorney General Austin Knudsen.Norman, 26, was convicted of the murder of Chase Eastbrook in January of 2022. The judge found Norman guilty on one count of deliberate homicide with a weapons enhancement. Despite this conviction, Norman was found not guilty on another deliberate homicide charge related to the death of Chase's brother, Brendan Eastbrook,...