[EXTERNAL EMAIL] - DRAFT: FBI Daily News Briefing - September 19, 2024

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

Table of Contents

• IN THE NEWS
  • Director Wray Says FBI Investigation of Trump Assassination Attempt Involves 'Full Force' of the Department
  • FBI Disrupts Second Chinese Hacking Group, Director Wray Says
  • FBI Says Iranian Hackers Tried but Failed to Interest Biden's Campaign in Stolen Trump Info
  • Body Found of Man Accused of Opening Fire on Kentucky Highway, Police Say
• COUNTERTERRORISM
  • Philadelphia Teen Hoped to Make Bombs for Terror Group and Considered Pride Attack
• COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
  • How Elon Musk Amplified Content From a Suspected Russian Election Interference Plot
  • Internal Watchdog Says State Department Mishandled Iran Envoy's Clearance
  • Microsoft President Says Election Has Become 'Iran vs. Trump; and 'Russia vs. Harris'
  • Opinion: Why the Secrecy Around the Foreign Source of the Springfield Hoax Bomb Threats?
• CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
  • Veteran CIA Officer Who Drugged and Sexually Assaulted Dozens of Women Gets 30 Years in Prison
  • Continued Reporting: FBI Investigates Suspicious Packages Sent to Election Officials in Multiple States
  • Continued Reporting: Trump Assassination Attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania
  • A Former Officer Texted a Photo of the Bloodied Tyre Nichols to His Ex-Girlfriend
  • Continued Reporting: Jeffrey Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Crime Convictions Upheld on Appeal
  • Six Members of a Kansas Cult Convicted After Forcing Kids to Work 16 Hours a Day
  • Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Fantasy Football-Related Bomb, Mass Shooting Threats
  • California Woman Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Fraudulent Scheme to Steal California Unemployment Insurance Benefits
  • DC Council Begins Investigation Into Trayon White Over Bribery Accusations
  • FBI Conducts Investigation at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing In Indiana
  • Florida Sheriff Spending Detailed Amid Possible FBI Investigation
  • Two Juveniles Charged With Felonies for Allegedly Making School Shooting Threats in Indiana
  • FBI Agent Who Worked on North Carolina Girl Case 24 Years Ago Sees Hope in New Evidence
• FINANCIAL CRIME & CORPORATE SCANDALS
  • SEC Settles Insider Trading Case Tied to Theft From Law Firm
• CYBER DIVISION
  • Hackers Demand $6 Million for Files Stolen From Seattle Airport Operator in Cyberattack
  • CISA, FBI Issue Alert on Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
  • DOJ, FBI Need Better Metrics for Tracking Ransomware Disruption Efforts, Audit Finds
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  • 51 Arrested Globally as Police Dismantle Encrypted Network, Ghost
• CAPITOL VIOLENCE NEWS
  • Texas Man Convicted Of Two Misdemeanor Counts for Joining the Mob on Jan. 6, 2021
  • Wyoming Man Arrested by FBI for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
  • Two Men Arrested in Northwest Ohio on Jan. 6 Riot Charges
• OTHER FBI NEWS
  • Ship Owner Cut Corners on Repairs Before Deadly Baltimore Bridge Collapse, U.S. Says in $100M Lawsuit
  • FBI Springfield Reminds Public There Are Consequences to Hoax Threats
  • FBI Launches Awareness Campaign After Sharp Increase in Various Scams
  • How an Overlooked County Landed the New FBI Headquarters and Tech Jobs
  • Congress Attempts to Dodge a Government Shutdown as Funding Push Fails to the House Over Controversial Voting Bill
  • Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Announces Long-Awaited Policy Banning Deputy Gangs
  • Continued Reporting: Texas Pipeline Burns for a Third Day; Residents Allowed to Return Home
  • Opinion: Trump Says Crime Is Up. The FBI Says It's Down. Who's Right?
• INTERNATIONAL NEWS
  • Lebanon Reels as More Devices Explode, Casualties Rise
• OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS
  • Sean Combs Must Stay in Jail Until Trial After Judge Rejects Appeal
  • Federal Reserve Signals End to Inflation Fight With a Sizable Half-Point Rate Cut
  • New Jersey's OceanFirst Bank Settles U.S. Redlining Charges
  • 111 Republican Former Officials Endorse Harris, Say Trump Is 'Unfit to Serve'
  • EPA Retaliated Against Three Scientists, Says Watchdog
  • Work Has Begun on an Inauguration Stage at the Capitol. The Last One Became Part of Jan. 6 Attack
  • Trump Tries to Close Off a Chief Line of Attack: That He's a Danger to Democracy
  • Judge Trims Legal Fees for Office Depot Over 'Excessive' Billing in Copyright Case
  • Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Beats Lawsuit Over Apple Privacy, Sandberg Disclosures
  • Judge Dismisses an Assault Lawsuit Against Knicks Owner James Dolan and Harvey Weinstein
  • Trump Doubles Down on Calls to Shut down Government if GOP Can't Pass Stopgap With Election Security
• BIG PICTURE
  • New York Times
• WASHINGTON SCHEDULE
  • White House, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Cabinet Members, Visitors, General Events

Continued Reporting: Jeffrey Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Crime Convictions Upheld on Appeal

MSNBC (09/18, Rubin) reported that a federal appeals court upheld the sex crime convictions of Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell on Tuesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it found "no errors" in what it called a complex case, rejecting several arguments from Maxwell, including that Epstein's unusual non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in Florida barred prosecutors from the Southern District of New York from bringing the case against her. According to the article, the Florida agreement, which followed state and federal investigations into allegations of Epstein's unlawful sexual activity, didn't bind the New York office, the three-judge 2nd Circuit panel ruled, despite the fact that the 2007 agreement said that the United States agreed not to bring any criminal charges against any potential Epstein co-conspirators. The article added that the panel cited precedent that says plea agreements only bind the U.S. Attorney's office in the district where the plea is entered, unless it affirmatively appears that the agreement contemplates a broader restriction. There's "nothing in the NPA that non-prosecution affirmatively agreement, shows adding that the that NPA nothing was intended presented to bind to the multiple appellate districts,' judges the indicated panel said, that referring the New York to the office was notified or had approved of the Florida agreement. Maxwell coordinated, facilitated and contributed to Epstein's sexual abuse of women and underage girls, the panel noted in recounting the history of the case.

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