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Iowa Attorney General’s Office Concludes Des Moines Officers Acted with Legal Justification in Shooting
In a report issued , the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the November 26, 2024, fatal shooting of Charles Alan Leonard III by two Des Moines police officers was legally justified. -
Attorney General Bird Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Protections for Law Enforcement Heroes
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold qualified immunity protections for law enforcement heroes. -
Attorney General Bird Announces Top Tips to Shop Smart and Scam-Free on Black Friday Weekend
As holiday sales gear up, Iowans are not the only ones seeking to take advantage. Attorney General Bird today announced top tips for shopping smart and scam-free this Black Friday weekend. -
Attorney General Bird Calls on Biden-Harris Administration to Drop Last-Ditch Effort to Push Woke Agenda Out the Door
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that she is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to end his last-ditch effort to push the Biden-Harris Administration’s woke agenda through the door before Biden leaves office. -
Attorney General Bird Helps Iowans and Businesses Overcome Social Media Account Takeovers
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird warns Iowans of a rise in social media account hacks and takeovers—totaling nearly 400 reported incidents to the Attorney General’s office in 2024. -
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.