[EXTERNAL EMAIL) - FBI Daily News Briefing - September 18, 2024

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Daily News Briefing (In coordination with the Office of Public Affairs)

Table of Contents

Continued Reporting: Second Trump Assassination Attempt
The FBI Is Investigating Suspicious Packages Sent to Election Officials in More Than 15 States
Fake Kamala Hit-And-Run Story Is the Work of Russian Propaganda Group, Microsoft Says

COUNTERTERRORISM

U.S. Dealing with 'Heightened Threat Environment'
Continued Reporting: Man With Ties to Iran Pleads Not Guilty in Assassination Plot Against U.S. Politicians

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

Continued Reporting: DOJ Announces Five Cases Tied to Disruptive Technology Strike Force
Walz Appointee With Apparent CCP Ties Could Expose Potential Veep's National Security Weakness, Lawmaker Says

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

Ex-Officer Testifies Against His Former Colleagues in Tyre Nichols's Death
U.S. Court Upholds British Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Trafficking Conviction
Continued Reporting: Schools Reopen as Search for Suspect in Kentucky Interstate Shooting Enters 11th Day
Continued Reporting: Honduran Illegal Immigrant Suspected of Kidnapping Another Illegal Immigrant
Continued Reporting: New FDNY Chief's Ties to China Emerge Amid Federal Probe Into Foreign Influence on New York Officials
Mississippi High Court Rejects the Latest Appeal by a Man on Death Row Since 1994
A Woman Found Dead in 1991 in an Illinois Cornfield Is Identified as Being From the Chicago Area
D.C. Council Votes to Disband Trayon White's Committee, Begins Probe
Tennessee Official and Executive Accused of Rigging a Bid on a $123 Million Contract Are Charged
Two Students Arrested After FBI Flagged Threats Made Toward Ohio Schools
Frontier Airlines Passenger Assaults Flight Attendants, DOJ Alleges
A Porn Actress Had Her Photos Used To Extort As Many As 60 Kids On Instagram And Kik
Florida Man Downloaded Videos of Child Sexual Abuse Material From Dark Web
Update on North Carolina Girl Who Vanished Over Two Decades Ago

CAPITOL VIOLENCE NEWS

Speedy Trial Granted for South Carolina Man Charged in Jan 6. Capitol Riots
Oregonian Pleads Guilty on Jan. 6 Charges, Washington Man Is Sentenced
Two Men Arrested in Northwest Ohio for Connections to Jan. 6 Insurrection
DOJ Wants Four Years in Prison for Pastor Who Used Bullhorn to Incite Mob on Jan. 6
Montana Man Convicted in Jan. 6 Insurrection Speaks to '60 Minutes'
Continued Reporting: West Virginia Man Indicted for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach

OTHER FBI NEWS

FBI Agents Visit Home of New Hampshire Libertarian Party Member After Post About Harris
Hundreds of Homes Near Houston Still Under Evacuation Orders as Pipeline Fire Burns for Second Day
Baltimore Bridge Victims' Families Filing Suit to Prevent Shipowner From Shirking Legal Liability
Democrat Operative Fished for Oppo Research in Antisemitic, Lewd Text Messages, House Republican Charges
FBI in Search of Vendors for Facial Recognition Capabilities
Continued Reporting: AI, The Workplace And Inclusion: Insights From Altman, Gates And Oprah

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon
Brazil Court Drops a Suspect in Amazon Slayings of a British Journalist and an Indigenous Advocate
Arrests Across Australia as Federal Police Target Secret Ghost App Allegedly Used by Criminals
The Rape Trial in France of 51 Men, Explained
An Al Qaeda Affiliate Claimed Attacks in Mali. What Does It Want?
At Least 30 Killed as Factions of the Sinaloa Cartel Clash in Northern Mexico
Casualties in Myanmar Push Southeast Asia's Death Toll From Typhoon Yagi Past 500
North Korea Fires Short-Range Ballistic Missiles for Second Time in a Week
Released Russian Dissident Kara-Murza Visits U.S. Congress
In Egypt, Blinken to Discuss Bilateral Ties, Gaza Ceasefire
Venezuela Arrests Fourth U.S. Citizen This Month
Biden Calls on Sudan's Warring Parties to Re-Engage in Negotiations

OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS

Sean Combs Is Denied Bail on Sex Trafficking and Racketeering Charges
House Passes $3B Veterans Funding Patch as Republicans Scoff at Massive VA Shortfall
Senate Hearing Focuses on Rise of Reported Hate Crimes
Senate Republicans Block I.V.F. Protection Bill a Second Time, Breaking With Trump
Violent Threats and Attacks Escalate Tensions in Trump-Harris Race
Speaker Johnson Takes Another Crack at Spending Bill Linked to Proof of Citizenship for New Voters
Federal Reserve Is Set to Cut Interest Rates for the First Time in Four Years

BIG PICTURE

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, CNN

WASHINGTON SCHEDULE

White House, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Cabinet Members, Visitors, General Events

Key News Items (Excerpted):

U.S. Court Upholds British Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Trafficking Conviction: Maxwell's conviction for helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls was upheld. Her lawyers argued her convictions violated an agreement Epstein reached with federal prosecutors 15 years ago, but the court rejected those arguments. Maxwell, 62, was found guilty in December 2021 of luring young girls to Epstein between 1994 and 2004. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2022. Epstein sexually abused children hundreds of times over more than a decade, exploiting girls as young as 14. Prosecutors said Maxwell, his longtime companion, helped him and made the abuse possible.

(Other news items omitted for brevity.)

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