[EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Friday, July 24, 2020

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TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF DATE: FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020 6:30 AM EDT

TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS

Leading the News

⚫ Judge Grants Restraining Order Against Federal Agents In Portland. Protests

• Trump, Lightfoot Discussed Plans To Deploy Federal Agents In Chicago.
  ⚫Detroit Officials Would Welcome Federal Help To Combat Gun Crimes.
  ⚫ Trump To Send Federal Agents To Milwaukee To Combat Violence.
  ⚫ Cleveland Officials To Address Federal Intervention.
• FBI Announces Arrest In Burning Of Salt Lake City Police Car.
  ⚫ Wolf: Federal Agents Are Needed In Portland Due To Local Officials' Failures.
• Albuquerque Mayor Rejects Deployment Of Federal Agents.
• Administration Sending Tactical Team To Seattle.
  • Minnesota Lawmakers Reach Deal On Police Reform.
• Cuomo: Trump's "Concerns About New York City Were Well-Founded."
• As Cuts Begin, LAPD Chief Tells Troops To "Show Your Relevance."
• Charlamagne Tha God Criticizes Biden For Labeling Trump First Racist President.
  ⚫ PolitiFact Silent After Planned Parenthood Repudiates Founder's Racism.
• DC's NFL Team To Temporarily Rebrand As "Washington Football Team."
  ⚫WSJournal: Leaked Letter By Employees Will Not Diminish Editorial Page's Independence.

Counter-Terrorism

⚫ Georgia Man Sentenced For Planning White House Attack.
⚫9/11 Families Ask Barr For Access To Saudi Lawsuit Records.
⚫ ISIS Group Claims Responsibility For Killing Five Aid Workers In Nigeria.
⚫ In Interview, British ISIS Members Admit To Holding Americans Captive.
⚫ UN Report Warns ISIS Exploiting Coronavirus Security Gaps To Relaunch Insurgency.
⚫IS Prisoner Issue A Ticking Time Bomb For The West. Counter-Intelligence
⚫ DNI Declassifies Document Showing FBI Used Trump's Candidate Briefing To Advance Russia Probe.
⚫ CNN, BuzzFeed Call Government's Withholding Of Information From Mueller Report "Misconduct."
⚫ Democrats Denounce Packets On Biden Sent To Trump Allies By Ukrainian Lawmaker.

• Ex-Flynn Deputy KT McFarland Says Durham Will Issue Indictments In Coming Months.
  ⚫ DOJ: FBI Interviewing Chinese Visa Holders About Possible Military Ties.
  ⚫ Lawfare Files Lawsuit Against ODNI For Internal Studies To Assess If IC Is Being Compromised.
  ⚫ODNI Releases Ethics Guide For AI Technologies.

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⚫IC Juggling Telework, Workforce Flexibilities To Accomplish Classified Work.

• Pentagon's UFO Unit Will Make Some Findings Public.
  ⚫ BLM Review Fast Tracked For Nevada Vanadium Mine.
  ⚫Reality Winner Alleges "Dire" Conditions At Prison Facility Where Leaker Contracted Coronavirus.

Criminal Investigations

⚫ Federal Judges Rule Against Maxwell's Gag-Order, Documents Requests.
⚫ Former Pennsylvania Congressman Indicted For Voting Fraud.
⚫Continuing Coverage: FBI Increases Reward For Information On Missing Iowa Girl.
⚫ California Men Indicted For Illegal Possession Of Firearms.

• Montana Police Investigating Fires At Glacier National Park.
  ⚫ Missouri Man Sentenced For Sending Digital Threats.
  • Florida Man Arrested For Solicitation Of Minor.
  • Montana Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Production.
  ⚫ Louisiana Man Accused Of Child Pornography Production.
  ⚫ FBI Investigating 2019 Murders In New Mexico.
  ⚫ Federal Agent Facing Charges In Illegal Prescription Painkiller Distribution Case.
  ⚫ Defendant Gets Five Years In Prison For Participating In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy.
  ⚫ Washington State Man Indicted For Murders.
  • Michigan Man Sentenced Over Lying To The FBI.
  ⚫ FBI Takes Over Michigan Murder Investigation.
• Former Army Scout Indicted For Creating IED In Texas.
• Michigan Man Charged With Robbing Casino Patrons.
• Continuing Coverage: Colorado Man Charged With Hate Crime Over Attack On Sikh Man.
  ⚫ Continuing Coverage: California Police Searching For Missing Toddler.
  ⚫ FBI Arrests 10 Texans Following Undercover Sting Operation.
  ⚫ Continuing Coverage: FBI Investigating Colorado Bank Robberies.

Financial Crime & Corporate Scandals

⚫ Cohen Released From Prison, Judge Says He Was Retaliated Against.
⚫ Key Source In Ohio Corruption Probe Identified.
⚫ Former SCANA Executive Pleads Guilty In Utility Fraud.
⚫ Arkansas Highway Agency Recoups Most Of Money In $2.4M Fraud Case.
• Indiana Man Sentenced For Check Fraud.
⚫ Former Maryland Delegate To Be Sentenced For Bribery.
⚫ Former Louisiana Public Officials Charged With Credit Card, Identity Fraud.
⚫ Utah Man Pleads Guilty To $10M Day-Trading Fraud Scheme.

• Cotton Urges Barr To Launch Google Antitrust Probe.
• Startups Say Amazon Used Information From Talks To Launch Competing Products.
  • Taro Pharmaceuticals To Pay $205.7M Criminal Penalty To Settle Price-Fixing Allegations. Cyber Division
  •Twitter Says Hackers Likely Accessed Direct Messages Of 36 Users.
• FBI Bulletin: ELDs Did Not Follow Cybersecurity Guidelines.
• NSA, DHS Warn Foreign Hackers Are Targeting Critical Infrastructure.
  ⚫Instacart Denies Data Breach Involving Customer Information.
  ⚫ UK Universities Lose Data To Ransomware Attack.
  ⚫ 5G Spectrum Issues On Senate Agenda.
  ⚫ A Tik Tok Ban In The US May Depend On Who Owns It.

Law Enforcement Services

⚫ FBI Data Show Increase In Blocked Gun Sales.

Lawful Access

⚫ DOJ Official Explains Law Enforcement's Worries About 5G.
⚫ Ninth Circuit Rules Against Bid For Access To Judge's Encryption Opinion. Other FBI News

⚫ FBI Kept Documents Related To Former Kentucky Governor's Pardons.
⚫ Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Alex Jones Sanctions In Sandy Hook Case.

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⚫ Houston Police Officer Relieved Of Duty Amid Probe.

• Bulger's Girlfriend Completes Prison Sentence.

Other Washington News

• Trump Cancels GOP Convention Events In Jacksonville: “Just Not The Right Time."
• US COVID Case Count Surpasses 4M.
  ⚫ Politico Analysis: Trump Hopes COVID Vaccine Can Improve Reelection Odds.
• Trump Now Says All Schools May Not Be Able To Reopen In Fall.
  ⚫NIH's Collins Optimistic About Upcoming Phase 3 Vaccine Trial.
  • Verma: White House Task Force Is Focused On Protecting Nursing Homes.
  ⚫ Giroir Discusses Efforts To Reduce COVID-19 Testing Turnaround Times.
  ⚫ Giroir Issues Warning About Adolescents, Virus Transmission.
• Gaynor: Administration Working To Establish Domestic PPE Production.
  ⚫ FDA Issues Warning About Contaminated Hand Sanitizer.
• Shortage Of Pipette Tips, Other Lab Supplies Hampering Efforts To Track, Curb Coronavirus Spread.
  ⚫ Some Health Authorities Throughout US Narrowing COVID Testing Recommendations.
• Study Concludes Lockdowns, Testing Do Not Reduce Death Rates.
  ⚫ Poll Finds 75% Of Americans Favor Face Mask Requirements.
  ⚫ California Now Leads US In Confirmed Coronavirus Cases.
  • Mask Regulations Exacerbate GOP Intraparty Rift In Texas.
  ⚫ Thirteen Nuns At Michigan Convent Have Died Of COVID.
• Marine Assigned To Trump Helicopter Squadron Tested Positive For COVID.
  • White House, Senate GOP Fail To Reach Agreement On COVID Stimulus Package.
• Meatpacking Workers Sue OSHA For Allegedly Failing To Keep Them Safe.
  ⚫ Officials Acknowledge DHS Made False Statements In Fight With New York.
  ⚫ DACA Recipient Accused Of Killing Three In DUI.
• Delay Sought In Release Of Documentary Film Examining Trump's Immigration Crackdown.
  ⚫ Senate Passes Defense Bill With Veto-Proof Majority.
  •Trump Expected To Sign Executive Order On Drug Prices Friday.
• White House Task Force Recommends Reforms To Indian Health Service.
  ⚫ State Department IG To Probe Allegations Against US Ambassador To UK.
  ⚫ Politico Profile: Pompeo's Wife Often Uses Her "Unofficial Authority."
  ⚫Fauci Throws First Pitch At Nationals Opener.
  ⚫ US Unveils Plans To Build Quantum Internet.
  • Lewis To Lie In State At US Capitol.

International News

⚫ Director-General Rejects Pompeo's Claim That China "Bought" WHO.
⚫ Brazil Continues To Report Record Numbers Of Increases In Coronavirus.
⚫ Dubious COVID Remedies Promoted By Latin American Governments.

• Virus Cases Rise Among Young People In Spain.
  ⚫ Iranian Civilian Jet In Near-Miss With American Warplane Over Syria.
  • WSJournal: Biden Will Have Leverage With Iran If Elected.
• NYTimes Analysis: Civilian Toll In Afghanistan Unclear As Fighting Increases.
  • Pompeo Urges Chinese People To Change Communist Party.
  •Trump And Putin Discuss Coronavirus, Arms Control.
  ⚫US Accuses Russia Of Testing Anti-Satellite Weapon In Space.
  ⚫US, Baltic States Oppose Russian "Rewriting Of History."
  ⚫ Greece Vows To Do "Whatever Necessary" In Dispute With Turkey.
  • South Sudanese Dissent Claims Kiir Ordered His Death.

The Big Picture

⚫ Headlines From Today's Front Pages.
Washington's Schedule

• Today's Events In Washington.

Leading the News

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Judge Grants Restraining Order Against Federal Agents In Portland.

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