Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen listens to a witness at his Commission on Practice disciplinary hearing on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan)
Earlier this month, a legal panel held a hearing on a 41-count ethics complaint against Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, and a decision is pending on whether the state’s chief legal officer should have his law license sanctioned.
The decision could potentially jeopardize Knudsen’s ability to be Montana’s attorney general should he receive the most severe punishment of disbarment…