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Montana Attorney General Knudsen faces law license suspension

Disciplinary commission finds that Knudsen undermined the public’s trust in the legal system, recommends 90-day suspension.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen could be suspended from practicing law for 90 days under a disciplinary council recommendation to the state Supreme Court.

The Commission on Practice recommended last week that Knudsen’s license to practice law be suspended for three months for actions committed by himself or Department of Justice attorneys who he supervises. The commission found that Knudsen undermined the public’s trust in the legal system back in 2021 when the attorney general refused to comply with a Supreme Court order and disparaged justices.

The Montana Supreme Court will decide t...