HELENA — A state district judge in Helena has ruled against Montana Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar, allowing Gov. Greg Gianforte to consider temporarily suspending Molnar from his position.

District Judge Mike Menahan wrote in an opinion Friday that Gianforte had the authority to act on a complaint filed against Molnar, submitted by Commissioner Jennifer Fielder.

Molnar is president of the Public Service Commission, the body that regulates utilities in Montana. He announced in July that he was under investigation over allegations of unprofessional conduct in the workplace – an investigation he’s claimed is improper.

In August, Fielder, the PSC's vice president, signed onto a letter from the agency’s “response team,” which handles internal reports of retaliation, harassment

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