News Releases - 2026 Archive

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that her office, in cooperation with the Woodbury County Attorney’s Office, has secured a guilty verdict of murder in the first degree in the Woodbury County case of State v. Raymond Rogers.  Raymond Rogers stalked and terrorized his ex-wife Ashley Rogers and her boyfriend Gerele Jones throughout 2022. On February 24, 2023, he entered Ashley and Gerele's residence armed with a...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she joined Vice President JD Vance at the White House for a meeting of the White House Fraud Task Force today.   Attorney General Bird and 14 other attorneys general’s offices joined Vice President Vance to discuss collaborative efforts between the White House and state attorneys general on combating benefits fraud, as well as the resources needed by attorneys general to fight fraud in their...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today that Robert Davis of Council Bluffs has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the second-degree murder of Barbara Lenz. Barbara disappeared from Harrison County in 1989. Davis was arrested on March 10, 2025, and was the first arrest made in a...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is suing the world’s largest proxy advisor firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), for abusing its influence over shareholders and lying to Iowa investors — threatening Iowans’ retirement savings by promising objective advice while secretly pushing an undisclosed woke agenda.   “Iowans expected sound, objective financial advice and voting from the world’s largest proxy advisor. Instead, they got deceived...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a victory today in her ongoing effort to protect children and hold big tech companies accountable. On May 13, 2026, the Iowa District Court for Polk County issued a ruling allowing Iowa's consumer fraud lawsuit against Roblox Corporation to move forward.   The Court denied Roblox’s attempt to dismiss the core of Iowa's lawsuit and determined that the suit may move forward with its...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today praised the sentencing in a Scott County child sex abuse case her office prosecuted.   Daryl Guinn of Davenport was charged with four counts of sex abuse in the second degree for the sexual abuse of 4 children. Following a 5-day trial he was found guilty on all counts on January...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a significant legal victory for Iowans following a district court ruling against Biologics Health, LLC, Summit Partners Group, LLC, and their owners, Rylee Meek and Scott Thomas. The court found the defendants engaged in unlawful conduct, finding twenty-seven (27) violations of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act (including...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird released the following statement on the end of the 2026 Iowa legislative session thanking Gov. Reynolds, Leader Klimesh, Speaker Grassley, Majority Leader Kaufmann and members of the Iowa Legislature:   “My priority for the 2026 legislative session was justice for victims. I am grateful that now victims of sexual abuse, including children, can get lifetime protective orders from their abuser instead of having to go to court to...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today that three bills from her 2026 legislative priorities are now law after being signed by Governor Kim Reynolds. These bills are part of a comprehensive effort to protect crime victims, enhance the safety of public officials, and establish rigorous oversight for crypto ATMs....

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general in urging federal regulators that states should have jurisdiction over sports-related “event contracts.” "States have the right to govern their own gaming industry; historically, they’ve been successful at regulating gambling within their borders,”...