NEWS

May 25, 2022, 15:26 PM by AG Schmitt

Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his Office filed a civil action against Joseph Murray, doing business as “Affordable Fence,” for unlawful business practices.

May 20, 2022, 16:52 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – This afternoon, the United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana granted Missouri and 23 other states’ request for preliminary injunction in their lawsuit against the Biden Administration over their planned cancellation of Title 42. Because of this preliminary injunction, Title 42 will remain in place. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt released the following statement:

May 19, 2022, 16:35 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed lawsuits against six school districts (Special School District of St. Louis, Maplewood Richmond Heights, Clayton, Ladue, Webster Groves, and Mehlville) for reimposing their mask mandates on school-age children. The lawsuits argue that the school districts, through arbitrarily set “triggers,” reimplemented their mask mandates. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office previously sued a number of school districts across the state for imposing mask mandates, all of whom have dropped those mandates. Now, as schools are reimplementing forced masking, the Attorney General’s Office is again taking legal action to empower parents and protect Missouri’s children.

May 13, 2022, 12:41 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his office joined a lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration’s decision to allow California to set burdensome and oppressive emissions standards in the manufacturing of motor vehicles as an exemption under the Clean Air Act.

May 6, 2022, 14:54 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that his Office joined a coalition of 8 states in filing a civil rights lawsuit against Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-Lasure, opposing a new rule that allows higher compensation for doctors who enact an “anti-racism” plan. Two private doctors are also plaintiffs in the suit.

May 5, 2022, 14:43 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry filed suit against President Biden and other top-ranking government officials for allegedly working with social media giants such as Meta, Twitter, and Youtube to censor and suppress free speech, including truthful information, related to COVID-19, election integrity, and other topics, under the guise of combating “misinformation.”

May 4, 2022, 12:29 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today secured roughly $2.5 million in restitution from the owner of TurboTax, Intuit Inc. (Intuit), for deceiving consumers into paying for tax services that should have been free. As a result of a multistate agreement, Intuit will pay $141 million in restitution to millions of consumers across the nation who were unfairly charged. In addition, Intuit must suspend TurboTax’s “free, free, free” ad campaign that lured customers with promises of free tax preparation services, only to deceive them into paying for services. All 50 states and the District of Columbia have signed onto the agreement. Missouri will receive roughly $2.5 million for approximately 80,000 consumers who were deceived into paying to file their federal tax return.

May 3, 2022, 11:24 AM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Following a POLITICO report on a leaked draft opinion from the United States Supreme Court that shows that a majority of the Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt released the following statement:

Apr 29, 2022, 08:12 AM by AG Schmitt

The St. Charles City Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri Attorney General’s Office, and a multitude of other local, state, and federal agencies conducted a successful joint human trafficking operation, dubbed “Operation Enduring Shield” in St. Charles, Missouri last night.

Apr 28, 2022, 14:06 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Today, Missouri, Louisiana, Arizona, and 11 other states filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for their proposed asylum rule change at the Southern border that largely removes federal immigration judges from the asylum review process and instead gives asylum officers within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unprecedented authority to grant asylum to migrants outright. The new rule not only violates federal laws and bypasses Congress but also drastically erodes asylum integrity safeguards.

Apr 26, 2022, 13:33 PM by AG Schmitt

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Biden v. Texas, the lawsuit brought by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that challenges the Biden Administration’s cancellation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or “Remain in Mexico” policy.

Apr 25, 2022, 17:03 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, in the lawsuit originally filed by Missouri, Louisiana, and Arizona against the Biden Administration for their proposed cancellation of Title 42, the Court announced its intention to grant a Temporary Restraining Order in the case, which is expected to keep Title 42 in place until further court proceedings.

Apr 18, 2022, 15:23 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and 15 other state attorneys general today sent a letter calling on President Joe Biden to reinstate the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline following reports his administration is seeking to import more oil from Canada. The coalition also called on the President to stop federal efforts to impose excessive regulations that will increase Americans’ energy costs.

Apr 14, 2022, 10:07 AM by AG Schmitt

Today, Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that late last night, a Randolph County jury convicted Sadiq J. Moore, 25, of Second-Degree Murder, First Degree Burglary, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, and three counts of Armed Criminal Action after a three-day jury trial. The jury convicted Moore of assisting two others with carrying out a home invasion just before 5:00 a.m. in Mexico, Missouri on June 27, 2020.

Apr 12, 2022, 16:35 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that the Attorney General’s Office has reached a favorable resolution in a lawsuit the Office filed against Moberly School District over alleged violations of the Sunshine Law. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed suit against the Moberly School District in November, 2021 for failing to comply with the Sunshine Law.

Apr 8, 2022, 10:26 AM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today the entry of a consent judgment against Happy Fun Events, LLC, Owen Spencer Hunn, and Martha Hunn. The Hunns owned Happy Fun Events, a Utah-based company, that put on “Lantern Fest” events around the country. Happy Fun Events had scheduled an event in Jefferson County for November 2018 that it ultimately never put on. Though thousands of consumers had purchased tickets to the event (at a value of more than $230,000), Happy Fun Events never refunded their money.

Apr 4, 2022, 11:56 AM by AG Schmitt

In just over three years, Missouri Attorney General’s Office has made major strides in eliminating the backlog of untested sexual assault kits

Apr 4, 2022, 07:12 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry are suing the Biden Administration for rescinding the public health policy, Title 42, during the worst border crisis in decades. The revocation will result in an unprecedented crisis at the United States southern border that will have a devastating impact not just on border states but across the country.

Mar 31, 2022, 12:30 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Yesterday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt issued a civil investigative demand to POWERHOME SOLAR, LLC, for information regarding its practices for sales and installation of solar panels. The investigation seeks documents and information regarding the capabilities, installation, and financing of its solar panel products.

Mar 29, 2022, 15:32 PM by AG Schmitt

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Attorney General Schmitt today joined 20 other states in a multistate action against President Biden’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s continued use of the unlawful mask mandate on public transportation. The attorneys general argue that the mandate exceeds the authority of the CDC. The Biden administration continues to use a failed interpretation of a quarantine statute—that has been ruled against in court several times—to authorize the CDC’s rule. The continuation of the CDC’s unlawful mask mandate harms the states.