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Attorney General Bird Opposes Biden-Harris Mandate that Jeopardizes Lifesaving, Small-Town Fire Departments
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that she led 19 other states in a comment letter opposing a new Biden-Harris mandate that will shut down small-town, volunteer fire departments. -
Attorney General Bird Demands End to Political Prosecutions of President Trump
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 23-state coalition in demanding that Special Counsel Jack Smith, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis immediately end their political prosecutions of President Donald Trump. -
Attorney General Bird Statement on LULAC Suing State for Upholding Election Integrity
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that the League of United Latin American Citizens (“LULAC”) is suing the State for protecting election integrity by verifying that voters are citizens. -
Iowa Attorney General’s Office to Prosecute Non-Citizen for Illegal Voting in Marshall County
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that her office will lead the prosecution against a non-U.S. citizen, legally residing in the United States, who was arrested Wednesday in Marshall County for alleged voter fraud. -
Attorney General Bird Announces Senior Staff Promotions
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced the promotions of Keisha Cretsinger to Chief of the Statewide Prosecutions Section and Lindsey Browning to Chief of the Administrative Law Section. -
Attorney General Bird Secures Murder Conviction Against Marshall County Man for Killing Father
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that the Attorney General’s office, in coordination with the Marshall County Attorney’s office, secured a second-degree murder conviction against Scott Swartz for beating his elderly father to death. -
Attorney General Bird Announces Cold Case Unit Prosecutor
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that Scott Brown, the current chief of the Iowa Attorney General’s office’s Statewide Prosecutions Section, will serve as the prosecutor for the office’s new cold case unit, in addition to prosecuting cases for the office’s criminal division.