Dear Friends, Parents, you’re the first line of defense when it comes to protecting your kids online and otherwise, but in an ever-evolving digital world, it’s good to know that you have help keeping kids safer online from threats and those who wish to do harm. That is why, when I became Attorney General in […]
Dear Friends, After two years of fighting in federal court, we’ve won. Challengers to Idaho’s Vulnerable Child Protection Act have dismissed their lawsuit entirely and Idaho is now free to fully enforce our law protecting children in Idaho from harmful and irreversible gender transition procedures. This victory is more than just a legal win on […]
Dear Friends, This week I traveled to North Idaho to strengthen our partnerships with local law enforcement in the fight against child exploitation. The trip included meetings with police chiefs, time with our Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigators, and important discussions about how we can better protect children across Idaho. I attended the Idaho […]
Dear Friends, For the many responsibilities of my office, there are few that are so personal, so morally imperative, as the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (“ICAC”) Unit of our Criminal Law Division. The ICAC Unit identifies, investigates, arrests, and prosecutes those individuals who use the internet to exploit and abuse children in Idaho. These […]
[BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested fifty-six-year-old (56) Daniel DeKruyf in Twin Falls County on Thursday, August 15th, 2024, for 20 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a child. Agencies that assisted the ICAC Task Force were Rupert Police Department, Twin Falls County […]
[BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador today joined a 22-state amicus brief in support of Florida’s request to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the state to enforce its law regulating sex-modification procedures while the district court’s order enjoining the law is heard on appeal. The case is Doe v. Surgeon General, State […]
Dear Friends, On Friday, February 16th, I filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court of the United States regarding Idaho’s ban on transgender surgeries and medical procedures for Idaho youths with gender dysphoria. These medical treatments banned under Idaho law include puberty-blocking hormones, experimental drugs, and irreversible genital removal and mutilations. The Idaho district […]
While Completely Ignoring Concerns from Parents over Child Exposure to Gender Confusion! They tell us it’s not happening in Idaho. They also tell us it’s a good thing that it is. Earlier this week, the City of Pocatello honored a drag queen story time group with their “Human and Civil Rights” award. They specifically lauded […]
Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested two men across Idaho on Thursday, November 30th, 2023, for alleged sexual exploitation and enticement of a child. 49-year-old Richard Hamond of Caldwell was booked into the Canyon County Jail. He has been charged with four (4) counts […]
Recently, my office joined 17 states to file an amicus brief urging the United States Sixth Circuit Court to overturn a federal Tennessee district court decision, which invalidated a law designed to protect children from obscene performances. The Tennessee legislature passed the Adult Entertainment Act (AEA), a law which sought to prevent minor children from […]
We all feel that summer is coming to an end, and fall is nearly upon us. School has begun, temperatures are finally coming down, and apples are ripening on the trees. But just as sure as the leaves change color, so too will the banners of Boise turn to an unrelenting parade of rainbows. “Pride” […]
Boise, ID – As part of a bipartisan 54-state and territory coalition, Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a letter urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and to propose legislation to protect children from those abuses. “I encourage Congress to […]