Special Counsel: Montana Attorney General Knudsen did not harass hospital staff

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Note: This article was published on November 24. I am posting this thread since further repercussions may develop. Also, kudos to the hospital for turning down the patient's request to be administered ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.



Democratic leaders criticized the scope of the investigation and “condemn” Austin Knudsen and Public Service Commissioner Jennifer Fielder for “intimidation of health care providers.”


HELENA — The findings of a legislative probe released late Monday into whether Attorney General Austin Knudsen and other public officials inappropriately interfered in health care directives and “harassed” health care workers at a Helena hospital last month have done nothing to subdue the uproar surrounding the incident.

At the request of minority Democrats in the House and Senate, the top GOP leaders on Oct. 25 authorized legislative special counsel Abra Belke to review state government documents and interview witnesses to determine what happened between the state Department of Justice, hospital staff and a patient who was being treated for COVID-19 at St. Peter’s Health hospital.

Belke delivered her report — entitled “Summarizing the Examination of Records” — to legislative leaders Monday, and a spokesman for Senate leaders sent it via email to members of the press just after 9:30 that evening.

Republican and Democratic officials were quick to exchange barbs in public statements. GOP leaders said the report exonerated Republican officials of any wrongdoing and accused Democrats and members of the press of “defamation,” while Democrats said the report shows a “pattern of public officials using their power to intimidate people.”

Read more: https://montanafreepress.org/2021/11/24/montana-ag-knudsen-did-not-harass-hospital-staff-says-special-counsel/