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The Montana Select Committee on Judicial Accountability and Transparency considers draft reports regarding an investigation into the judiciary branch May 5, 2021.
Republicans and Democrats on a special legislative committee are at odds over dueling reports summarizing an ongoing investigation into Montana’s judicial branch.
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minority report from Democratic lawmakers refutes GOP claims of alleged judicial bias and misconduct, saying Republican lawmakers and the Republican-led executive branch are trying to smear the judiciary.
It also accuses Republican legislators of conspiring with Gov. Greg Gianforte to access and release the judiciary’s records, which have been used as the basis for GOP claims that the judiciary improperly used state resources to oppose legislation last session.