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DES MOINES— Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 24-State coalition urging the courts to deny the Special Prosecutor’s request for an unconstitutional gag order against President Trump. The gag order wrongfully silences President Trump and denies Americans their right to hear what he has to say ahead of an approaching...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, with a coalition of 42 other attorneys general, today announced a $700 million nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”). The settlement resolves allegations of deceptive marketing practices related to J&J’s talc-based baby powder and body powder products. J&J has sold these products for more...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today made the case in a federal court of appeals to defend Iowa’s parental-rights and age-appropriate-books law. The law keeps sexually explicit books out of schools and inappropriate lessons out of schools’ curriculums. Attorney General Bird released the following statement: “Inappropriate books do not...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today released the following statement regarding her defense of Iowa’s immigration enforcement law at a federal district court: “Since Biden refuses to enforce our immigration laws, Iowa is doing the job for him. Biden’s open borders have not only caused record illegal immigration, but...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced the results of the office’s victim services audit at a press conference in the Attorney General’s Des Moines office. The report specifically underscores not only the problems identified throughout the audit, but the changes made to improve victim services. “As a prosecutor, I...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a letter calling on shareholders at ExxonMobil to do their duty and protect millions of Americans’ retirement savings, rather than force Biden’s illegal climate change agenda. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is illegally forcing ESG regulations onto ExxonMobil that will jeopardize...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird urges Iowans to be on the lookout for scammers and shady contractors targeting victims of this week's storms. For a detailed list of tips to avoid storm chaser scams, read the Iowa Attorney General’s Office press release: https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/newsroom/attorney-general-bird-warns-iowans-of-storm-chaser-scams-and-price-gouging. “This week's storms destroyed more than just...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today took action to stop vaccine mandates and protect religious freedoms. New York has eliminated religious exemptions for school vaccination requirements and has imposed massive penalties on religious schools that refuse the vaccine. Vaccine mandates infringe upon parents’ First Amendment right to raise their...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 20-state lawsuit challenging a new Biden mandate that creates roadblocks for infrastructure projects by forcing social, environmental, and race-based regulations on developers. The mandate eliminates President Trump’s common-sense reforms that streamlined development, to instead force Biden’s radical green agenda. With the...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced the members of the Iowa Attorney General’s Office’s statewide antisemitism task force. The 14-member task force is made up of local leaders in state government, law enforcement, and Iowa’s Jewish community.   “As Attorney General, I have a responsibility to keep Iowans safe,”...