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DES MOINES—In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the August 15, 2025, fatal shooting of Feglys Antonio Campos Arriba by a Denison Police officer was legally justified.  The Attorney General’s conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal...

DES MOINES –-Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she joined a coalition of 25 states filing an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court, urging it to review the constitutionality of Massachusetts’ firearm licensing requirements for nonresidents.    “Massachusetts’s law drowns the rights of law-abiding citizens in red tape and...

DES MOINES—In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the August 5, 2025, fatal shooting of David Leonard Maupin by a deputy from the Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office was legally justified.  The Attorney General’s conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the...

DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has led an amicus brief supporting the right of victims and families of the heinous October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks to sue American individuals and organizations accused of providing material support to Hamas.   On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out a massive terror attack...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Bird today announced victory in her lawsuit to defend ethanol and pull the plug on Biden’s electric-vehicle handout.   In the Biden administration’s continual war on gas vehicles, it created a rule that overstated the efficiency of electric cars by more than six times. That illegal boost...

DES MOINES—Today, on behalf of the state of Iowa, Attorney General Brenna Bird signed a historic memorandum of understanding with Meskwaki Nation, Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. Also signing the MOU were Tribal Chairman Vern Jefferson and Department of Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens.   This “fresh...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that her office secured a 2nd degree murder conviction against James Bachmurski, Sr., in the death of 15-year-old Jade Colvin.   On March 30, 2017, Jade went missing from a farm in rural Decorah. She had just returned from living in Arizona and was...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that her office secured a conviction against David Heady on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, for 13 counts of child endangerment.   Heady, a former Keokuk County Sheriff’s deputy, was a passenger in a truck pulling a hayrack ride filled with 30 children in October...

DES MOINES– Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced her appointment of Steve Blankinship as Chief Deputy Attorney General. Blankinship will replace Leif Olson, who is pending confirmation as the U.S. Attorney for Iowa’s Northern District.   “I am extremely grateful to Leif, and his impact on the Attorney General’s Office...

DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she joined coalitions of states and the District of Columbia in supporting Florida and Ohio laws that ban social media companies from using addictive practices on minors. Challenges to that law are pending before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh and Sixth...