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DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a 20-state coalition in urging a federal appeals court to shut down the political prosecution of President Trump. The multistate brief follows the district court’s earlier dismissal of the case. In 2022, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed outside attorney Jack Smith...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Secretary of State of Paul Pate today released the following statements after a federal district court hearing on defending election integrity laws: “Every legal vote must count and not be canceled out by a noncitizen’s illegal vote,” said Attorney General Bird. “State and...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that the League of United Latin American Citizens (“LULAC”) is suing the State for protecting election integrity by verifying that voters are citizens. Attorney General Bird released the following response: “Iowa law guarantees that every eligible voter can vote and every legal...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that the Biden-Harris Department of Justice called the State in an attempt to pressure Iowa into letting noncitizens illegally vote. Attorney General Bird released the following response: “State and federal law are clear: only American citizens can vote in American elections. Now,...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 24 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect states’ powers to regulate and ensure access to clean water. At the Port of Tacoma, woke green activists sued to take regulatory power away from the states and give it to themselves....

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today opposed the Biden-Harris Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) last-minute effort to force Virginia to re-add self-identified noncitizens onto the State’s voter rolls—in violation of both federal and Virginia law. In August, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order to uphold election integrity and...

DES MOINES—In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the September 16, 2024, fatal shooting of Joshua Green by three Des Moines police officers was legally justified. The Attorney General’s conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation....

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement responding to the State Auditor’s oversight that shorted the office more than $7.2 million for serving crime victims: “The State Auditor’s total failure to address a nearly $53 million misallocation of funds has cost the entire state. My office’s...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led eight other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Utah’s case requesting control over its own land. The federal government owns nearly 70 percent of Utah’s land—almost half of which is being held by the government without any designated purpose,...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that the office has secured two federal grants that will support efforts to prevent and prosecute cybercrimes and expand crisis response training for law enforcement. “No matter what hurdle comes our way, cybercrime or crisis, we must be prepared,” said Attorney General...