[EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Monday, October 26, 2020
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FBI News Briefing
TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF
DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020 6:30 AM EDT
TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS
LEADING THE NEWS
• Police Departments Preparing For Potential Election Day Unrest.
PROTESTS
• Trump Supporters And Opponents Clash In New York's Times Square.
• Most Black Lives Matter Demonstrations Have Been Peaceful.
• Seattle Office Of Police Accountability: Seattle Officers Utilized Excessive Force Against Protestors.
• Illinois Officer Fired After Shooting And Killing Black Man.
• WPost Al Discusses Mother's Struggle To Get Help For Black, Mentally III Son Amid Pandemic, Racial Unrest.
• Black Journalists Who Worked With Vogue Editor In Chief Wintour Feel She Created Environment That Sidelined Black Women.
• DOJ: Boogaloo Bois Member Fired On Minneapolis Police Precinct.
• FBI Arrests White Supremacist Who Allegedly Targeted BLM Founder.
• WPost Al: Experts Increasingly Cite Systemic Racism As Cause Of Some Racial Disparities In US.
• Alabama Voters Have Chance To Eliminate Racist Language From State Constitution.
OPERATION LEGEND
• Myrtle Beach, South Carolina To Receive Federal Grant To Fight Gun Crime.
COUNTER-TERRORISM
• Michigan Judge Slashes Bond For Man Linked To Whitmer Kidnap Plot.
• CSIS: White Supremacists Responsible For Majority Of US Terrorist Attacks This Year.
• Man Receives 20-Year Prison Sentence For Purchasing Firearms Used In 2015 Terror Attack In California.
• Ninth Circuit Dismisses Key Terrorism Charge For California Man.
• UK Special Forces Storm Vessel In Suspected Hijacking.
• Afghanistan Claims Top Al-Qaida Propagandist Wanted By FBI Was Killed.
• Guantanamo Bay Not Closing Despite Lack Of Population Growth Under Trump.
• Bloomberg Analysis: French Interior Minister Now "Public Face Of A Crackdown Whipping Up Sentiment Against The Broader Muslim Community."
• Spokesman Says Houthis Targeted Airports, Base In Saudi Arabia.
• At Least Six Children Die In Cameroon During Attack On School.
• Trump Marks 37th Anniversary Of Terrorist Attack In Beirut.
• US Embassy In Turkey Warns Of Potential Terrorist Attacks.
COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE
• Sen. Johnson: FBI Interviewed Hunter Biden's Former Partner.
• Russian Bankers Ask Judge To Depose Steele Dossier Source Danchenko.
• Judge Orders DOJ To Verify Filings In Flynn Case.
• CISA Contradicting Trump's Attempts To Question Election.
• Cuccinelli Addresses Foreign Interference In US Election.
• Ransomware Attack On Georgia County Government Disables Voter Signature Database.
• O'Brien Says Hackers Can't Change Votes.
• Voters Urged To Be Careful When Opening Election-Related Mail.
• Editorial: Americans Must Brave Outside Attacks On Elections And Vote.
• FBI Alerted After Online Video Implies Maryland Election Judge Improperly Marked Ballot.
• Cybersecurity Experts Concerned Over Threat Of Disinformation From Within US.
• Continuing Coverage: DOD, ODNI Release Intel Budget Requests For FY21.
• Kremlin Laments US Election Campaigns' Focus On Dislike For Russia.
• US Imposes Sanctions On Russian Government Research Center Involved In 2017 Cyberattack.
• Report: Russian Scientists Were In Contact With Military Science Institute Developing Novichok Nerve Agent.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
• Maxwell's Attorneys: US Prosecutors Not Honoring Promise To Supply Evidence.
• Teenager Sentenced To Time In Juvenile Facility, Probation For Plotting Attack On Black Church.
• California Prosecutors To Again Seek Death Penalty For Peterson.
• NXIVM Leader Speaks Ahead Of Sentencing.
• Teen Plotted To Assassinate Joe Biden, Federal Authorities Say.
• Former Ohio City Councilman Arrested On Human Trafficking Charges.
• FBI Investigating Border Patrol Officer-Involved Shooting.
• Illinois Police Department Fires Officer Who Killed Black Teen As FBI Joins Shooting Investigation.
• FBI Investigating "Ambush Style" Killing On Crow Reservation In Montana.
• FBI Set To Release New Information On 1981 New York Cold Case.
• Nearly $100K In Narcotics Seized In Florida Operation.
• FBI Releases Photo Of Florida Bank Robbery Suspect.
• Six California Gang Members Indicted On Federal Charges.
• California Man Faces Federal Child Pornography Charges.
• Texas Woman Gets 17 Years In Federal Prison For Bank Robberies.
• Alleged California Gang Members To Stand Trial On Multiple Attempted Homicide Charges.
• Man In Custody After Allegedly Abducting Daughters, Two Boys Found Dead.
• Former Ohio Priest Charged With Sex Trafficking Of A Minor.
• Texas Man Charged With Sexual Assault Of Child.
FINANCIAL CRIME & CORPORATE SCANDALS
• Judge Orders Securities Fraud Case Against Texas Attorney General To Move To Paxton's Home County.
• Attorneys For LA Lawmaker To Challenge Federal Court's Grand Juror Selection Methods.
• US Charges Costa Rican Man In $1M Lottery Tax Scam.
CYBER DIVISION
• US Sanctions Russian Government Research Institution For Cyberattacks Against Key Infrastructure Of Allies.
• Louisiana National Guard Called In To Prevent Cyberattacks Weeks Prior To Election.
• Bipartisan Bill Would Help National Guard Support States' Cybersecurity Modernization.
• French Court Asks Microsoft To Guarantee Safeguards Against Sharing Health Data With US.
• Kushner's "Close Friend" Charged With Cyberstalking.
LABORATORY
• Police Say Body Found In Missouri Creek Was Missing Social Worker.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
• When Jury Trials In DC Superior Court Will Resume Still Uncertain.
• Proponents Of Now-Passed Virginia Sentencing Measure Feel Bill Will Have Transformational Impact.
• Springfield, Massachusetts Police Working To Repair Relationship With FBI.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• After Arrest Of Former Defense Minister On Drug Charges, Mexico's President Shifts Some Blame To US Officials.
OTHER FBI NEWS
• Trump Plans To Fire Wray, Haspel, Esper If He Is Reelected.
OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS
• Senate Votes 51-48 On Cloture, Setting Barrett Up For Monday Confirmation.
• Pence To Continue Campaigning Even After Top Staffers Test Positive.
• Fauci Says Effectiveness Of Vaccines Will Be Evident By Early December.
• Trump, Administration Officials Defend Response To Coronavirus.
• Whitmer: Trump's Plans For Rally In Lansing Is "Recipe For Disaster."
• Administration Cancels Plan To Offer Santa Impersonators Early Access To Vaccine.
• US Records "Biggest Two-Day Surge" In Coronavirus Cases.
• Native Americans "Disproportionately" Impacted By COVID Ahead Of Election Day.
• False Positives Having "Serious Consequences" In Some Communities.
• Protesters Burn Masks In Pushback Against Restrictions.
• Green Bay "Noticeably Subdued" Despite Football's Return.
• Fox's Baier, MacCallum, Perino Advised To Quarantine.
• Biden Tweet From 2019 Warning Of Pandemic Trends On Anniversary Of Post.
• Pelosi "Optimistic" About Coronavirus Relief Bill Before Election.
• DOJ Lawsuit Against Google Targets Agreement With Apple.
• Senators Request IG Investigation Of CBP's Warrantless Utilization Of Cellphone Location Data.
• USA Today Analysis: Under Administration, Refugees Must Wait Longer To Receive Visas.
• Undocumented Farmworker Died After Experiencing Brutal Treatment During Arrest.
• Tropical Storm Zeta Strengthens In Caribbean.
• Kushner, Ivanka Trump Threaten To Sue Over Lincoln Project Billboards.
• State Department Confirms It Has Suspended Diversity Programs.
• Pelosi Says She Plans To Seek Another Term As Speaker.
• High Winds Increase California Wildfire Risk.
• State Department Suspends Diversity Training Following Trump Executive Order.
• WPost Analysis: Trump Has "Presided Over A Norm-Shattering Expansion Of Private Interests In Government."
• WPost Al: Trump Has Made Sustained "Assault" On Civil Service.
• NYTimes Al: Trump's Financial Records "Cast Doubt" On Philanthropic Claims.
• WPost Analysis: Trump Has To Pay Off $400M In Loans By 2024.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
• European Countries Impose New Restrictions Amid Second Wave Of COVID Cases.
• Colombia Passes 1M Confirmed Coronavirus Cases.
• Malaysia's King Rejects PM's Proposal To Declare COVID State Of Emergency.
• Iraqis Protest A Year After Demonstrations That Toppled Government.
• As Peace Talks Continue, Taliban Fighters Stage Attacks Across Afghanistan.
• Trump Announces Sudan Will Recognize Israel.
• Meadows Predicts More Middle East Peace Deals.
• Pompeo, Esper To Reinforce Trump's Anti-China Message In India.
• WPost Analysis: Putin has Benefitted From Trump's Time In Office.
• Thousands Of Belarusians Protest, Demanding Lukashenko's Resignation.
• Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree To Cease-Fire.
• Polish Protesters Disrupt Church Services After Tightening Of Abortion Law.
• France Withdraws Its Ambassador To Turkey.
• Chileans Vote To Draft A New Constitution.
• Venezuelan Opposition Leader Arrives In Madrid.
• Fiftieth Country Ratifies Treaty On The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
• WPost Urges Openness About Invisible Attacks On US Diplomats, Intel Officers.
THE BIG PICTURE
• Headlines From Today's Front Pages.
WASHINGTON'S SCHEDULE
• Today's Events In Washington.