Law enforcement officers involved with recording Mr. Gianforte’s shooting of a wolf caught in a foothold trap, collared as No. 1155 by trackers in nearby Yellowstone National Park, now say the procedures were anything put typical. They say that officials leaned on them to record the governor’s hunting buddy, rather than governor himself, as the shooter, in an attempt to avoid giving the governor a citation, and that the officials bristled when the warden and his boss refused.
Montana Governor given written warning after trapping, killing of Yellowstone wolf
Montana Governor Gets Written Warning After Killing a Wolf
So much for leading “the party of law and order.”