Montana’s attorney general faces an unprecedented sanction, but he still expects to be re-elected. A former park ranger insists Senate candidate Tim Sheehy accidentally shot himself in Glacier Park, despite the candidate’s denials. An outside group tries to insert the debate over trans athletes into a Montana Supreme Court race.
Sally Mauk: Holly, a state commission this week recommended that Attorney General Austin Knudsen be suspended from practicing law for three months for ethics violations during a dispute with the state Supreme Court. This is an unprecedented action against a sitting attorney general.
Holly Michels: Yes Sally, this is the only time that anyone I’ve talked to can ever remember anything like this happening. And, of course, this is also happening just a couple of weeks away from Election Day, which only adds to the unprecedented-ness of this scenario…