Montana

Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont) speaks on Capitol Hill on July 7, 2015. (Susan Walsh, AP/File)

July 21, 2019, 11:50 pm

Montana rabbis condemn Sen. Steve Daines for his support of president’s tweets

Association says that for lawmaker to join in Trump’s ‘rhetoric of hate’ against Democrat congresswomen is a ‘direct affront’ to the Jewish community

By JTA

Tanya Gersh, a Montana real estate agent, embraces her father Lloyd Rosenstein following a hearing at the Russell Smith Federal Courthouse on July 11, 2019, in Missoula, Montana. (Ben Allen/The Missoulian via AP)

July 16, 2019, 7:43 am

Judge recommends $14 million award to victim of neo-Nazi trolling

Daily Stormer publisher Andrew Anglin ordered to remove posts encouraging site’s readers to unleash a ‘troll storm’ on Montana Jewish woman

By Matt Volz

Montana Governor Steve Bullock walks to a meeting during the National Governors Association 2019 winter meeting in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/AP

May 14, 2019, 2:56 pm

Montana Governor Steve Bullock joins 2020 Democratic presidential race

53-year-old running as centrist Democrat who can win over rural and small-town voters in Republican-leaning areas

By Bill Barrow and Matt Volz

Screen capture from video of the University of Montana campus. (YouTube)

February 20, 2019, 8:56 am

Anti-Semitic fliers appear again on University of Montana campus

In fourth such incident, new leaflets quote late Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel as saying gentiles exist to serve the Jewish people

By JTA

February 10, 2019, 8:59 pm

Anti-Semitic flyers left on cars on University of Montana campus

Messages accusing Jews of attacking the First Amendment not signed by any group; police examining security camera footage

By JTA

Andrew Anglin runs the anti-Semitic Daily Stormer website. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

November 15, 2018, 11:10 pm

Judge rules neo-Nazi can be sued for anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish woman

Attorney for Daily Stormer publisher Andrew Anglin says ruling allowing suit against his client to proceed is ‘dangerous for free speech’

By Matt Volz and Michael Kunzelman

Then Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte looks on during a campaign meet and greet at Lions Park, on May 23, 2017, in Great Falls, Montana. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

October 19, 2018, 7:54 pm

Trump praises lawmaker for bodyslamming a journalist

Greg Gianforte attacked Jewish journalist Ben Jacobs in 2017; later apologized and announced a $50,000 donation to the Committee to Protect Journalists

By JTA

In this June 20, 2017, photo, Montana Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte responds to questions at his home in Bozeman, Mont., about an election-eve confrontation with a reporter. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan,)

May 25, 2018, 11:18 am

Ethics complaint filed over Gianforte assault on Jewish reporter

Montana senator who ‘body slammed’ Ben Jacobs apologized but Democrats say he first lied to police and public

By Matt Volz

Andrew Anglin, who runs the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, wearing a pro-Donald Trump hat after endorsing the Republican front-runner (Wikipedia/BFG101/CC BY SA)

April 3, 2018, 3:06 pm

Judge to decide if Nazi ‘troll storm’ is protected speech

Lawyers argue that The Daily Stomer’s Andrew Anglin had a First Amendment right to call on his readers to harass Tanya Gersh

By AP

A composite picture of Columbus, Ohio, on a snowy day, left, and a market in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP /Kiichiro Sato and AP/Sunday Alamba)

December 29, 2017, 1:52 am

US judge seeks to flush notorious neo-Nazi website founder out of hiding

Federal judge in suit over harassed Jewish Montana woman says he won’t tolerate ‘game-playing’ from Andrew Anglin, who claims to be in Nigeria, but may have been spotted in Ohio

By Michael Kunzelman

November 19, 2017, 11:29 pm

Montana congressman claimed Jewish reporter grabbed him before assault

Contrary to apology letter he wrote later, Republican Greg Gianforte told police it was journalist Ben Jacobs who began altercation

By JTA

July 10, 2017, 8:17 pm

Lawyers for Montana Jewish woman can’t find neo-Nazi she is suing

Tanya Gersh seeks to take Andrew Anglin to court for ’emotional distress’ and revealing information about her over real estate dispute

By JTA

In this May 25, 2017, file photo, Greg Gianforte celebrates his win over Rob Quist for Montana's open congressional seat in Bozeman, Mont. (Rachel Leathe/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP, File)

June 13, 2017, 10:40 am

Montana congressman-elect receives community service for attack on reporter

Incoming representative Greg Gianforte apologized, calling his assault ‘unprofessional, unacceptable, and unlawful’

By JTA

June 10, 2017, 6:28 am

Congressman to plead guilty to assaulting Jewish reporter

Montana Representative Greg Gianforte requests court hearing after reaching civil settlement with journalist he slammed to the ground

By Matt Volz

June 8, 2017, 9:44 am

Newly elected congressman sorry for assaulting Jewish reporter

Montana Representative Greg Gianforte vows to donate $50,000 to Committee to Protect Journalists

By Matt Volz