OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 7, 2024) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a pair of efforts – one a bipartisan group of attorneys general across the nation, and the other an Oklahoma coalition of tribal leaders and district attorneys – asking Congress to provide adequate funding to the Crime Victims Fund so states can properly serve victims of crime.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 6, 2024) -- A Biden administration pause on the export of liquified natural gas (LNG) will embolden Iran and Russia and hamper the U.S.’s ability to protect itself, according to a letter penned by Attorney General Gentner Drummond and several state attorneys general.
In a letter today to President Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy, Drummond and 22 attorneys general said the pause is unlawful, damaging to the economy and harmful to national security.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 1, 2024) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 25 other attorneys general are asking U.S. Congressional leadership to defund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) due to its ties to terrorism.
In a letter today, the multi-state coalition outlined UNRWA’s role in diverting money intended for education and civil works to material support for kidnapping, torture and murder.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 30, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond and Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) Executive Director Steven Harpe today filed a joint motion asking the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to schedule the next phase of executions at 90-day intervals in what will be the final request for adjustments to the execution schedule.
There are six convicted murderers due to be executed who would be impacted: Richard Norman Rojem, Emmanuel Littlejohn, Kevin Ray Underwood, Wendell Arden Grissom, Tremane Wood and Kendrick Antonio Simpson.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 29, 2024) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a motion Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma asking for a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration for denying millions of dollars in funding to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) to punish the state for being pro-life.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 23, 2024) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond today commended Gov. Kevin Stitt for signing three new state-tribal compact agreements. The Governor signed tobacco tax compacts with the Chickasaw and Apache nations and approved a car tag agreement with the Chickasaw Nation.
I had the honor of testifying recently before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security about how the nation’s border crisis is imperiling public safety in Oklahoma. The Biden Administration’s failure to secure our border is a threat to public safety in our state and throughout the country.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 22, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond said he is pleased the U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will hear the case of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip. Drummond had supported Glossip’s July 2023 petition to the high court for a writ of certiorari to hear the case.
As the state’s chief law enforcement officer, Drummond has contended Glossip’s conviction for the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese should be vacated and remanded back to district court amid revelations of false testimony by the prosecution’s key witness.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 17, 2024) - Only a day after Attorney General Gentner Drummond told a U.S. House committee how illegal immigration is fueling criminal activity in Oklahoma, members of his office’s Organized Crime Task Force arrested several foreign nationals in connection with the seizure of a significant amount of marijuana allegedly headed for the illegal drug market.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 12, 2024) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today that his office will be monitoring natural gas supply and marketing activity during the frigid weather expected over the next few days. With bone-chilling temperatures in the forecast, Drummond said he wants to ensure Oklahomans are not exploited as they were during Winter Storm Uri.