[EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Tuesday, July 28, 2020
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TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF DATE: TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020 6:30 AM EDT
TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leading the News
• Administration Sending Additional Federal Agents To Portland.
Protests
• FBI Arrests Homicide Suspect Through Operation LeGend.
• Some Chicagoans Welcome Federal Investigators.
• Authorities Brace For More Violent Protests Across The Country.
• Mayors Appeal To Congress To Restrict Use Of Federal Agents.
• Dozens Of Seattle Police Officers Injured During Weekend Violence.
• Austin Police Release Man Who Fatally Shot Protester.
• National Guard Officer: Protesters Cleared From Lafayette Square Without Provocation.
• Cotton Criticized For Says Founding Fathers Viewed Slavery As "Necessary Evil."
• Police Departments Withdraw From Security Agreements For Democratic Convention.
• Illinois County Board Candidate Quits Over Tweet "Laughing" At Officer Getting Hit.
• Black Soldiers Monument In Boston Under Scrutiny.
• NYTimes Analysis: NFL Efforts To Combat Racism Undercut By Team Owners.
• WTimes Analysis: Black Lives Matter Has "Leftist" Goal.
Counter-Terrorism
• Georgia Man Sentenced For Planning White House Attack.
• Arizona Woman Charged With Helping Al Qaeda To Appear In Court Next Week.
• Sentencing Postponed For Man Who Supplied Guns To San Bernardino Shooter.
• Changes Made To 9/11 Commemoration In New York Due To Pandemic.
• Prosecutors Struggle To Resume Guantanamo Trials.
• State Department Declares "Unwavering" Commitment To Seeking `Justice For The Families' Of US Citizens Killed By ISIS.
Counter-Intelligence
• Yates To Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee Next Week.
• Jarrett: Christopher Steele's Secret Source For Anti-Trump Dossier Is Finally Exposed.
• Carter Page Sues Yahoo, HuffPost Parent Company For "False And Defamatory" Articles.
• Op-Ed: Biden May Want To Forget About The Russia Investigation.
• Chinese Scientist Charged With Visa Fraud Ordered Held As Flight Risk.
• Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Seeks Canadian Spy Agency Documents Linked To Canadian Arrest.
• Spanish Court Hears Testimony On Whether Assange Was Spied On.
• Lowenthal Says Intelligence Analysis Needs Course Change.
• Pentagon Issues Contract Guidance On China Tech Ban.
• IARPA Funds Study Showing Randomness Theory Could Hold Key To Internet Security.
• Op-Ed: Russian Spying is Privatized and Competitive.
Criminal Investigations
• Maxwell Seeks To Seal Evidence.
• FBI Investigating Washington State Murder.
• Continuing Coverage: FBI Investigating Disappearance Of Missing Iowa Child.
• FBI Task Force Arrests Two In Connection To Colorado Party Shooting.
• Continuing Coverage: California Police Arrest Parents In Connection To Disappearance Of Toddler.
• Mississippi Man Charged With Threatening Federal Judge.
• Georgia Man Sentenced Over Producing Child Pornography.
• FBI Agents Investigating In Pennsylvania.
• Connecticut Man Sentenced For Embezzling.
• New Mexico Police Continuing To Investigate Disappearance Of Local.
• Wisconsin Man Sentenced Over Child Enticement.
• Former FBI Task Force Officer Facing Trial In Guam.
• Continuing Coverage: FBI Investigating Disappearance Of Pennsylvania Teenager.
• Continuing Coverage: US Marshal Task Force Announces Arrests Of Juvenile Prison Escapees.
• Michigan Man Sentenced Over Bank Robbery.
• FBI Searching For Virginia Man.
• Massachusetts Gang Member Ordered Held Without Bail.
• Former Medical Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone.
• Notices Filed To Seize Properties In Connection With Marijuana Firm Raid Operation
• Federal Prosecutors: Drug Offender Was Involved In Prison Smuggling Scheme.
• Maryland Resident Facing Drug Charges.
Financial Crime & Corporate Scandals
• Ohio Candidate Went To FBI In March Over Householder, Dark Money.
• Man Captured After Faking Own Death Over Fraudulent PPP Loans.
• Former UCLA Soccer Coach Pleads Guilty To Taking College Admissions Bribes.
• Visa, Mastercard Fined Wirecard For Questionable Transactions Over A Decade Ago.
• US Charges Former Florida Tech CEO With Wire Fraud.
• US Charges Trustify CEO With Defrauding Investors.
• New York Man Charged With Defrauding Drug Maker.
• Top Tech CEOs To Be Grilled On Antitrust Issues At House Hearing.
• Under Armour Receives SEC Wells Notice Of Possible Enforcement Action.
Cyber Division
• Garmin Says Cyberattack Made Its Software Unavailable.
• Fund Administrator To Pimco, Others Saw Breach At Vendor.
• House Spending Bill Details Funding For Cyber Defenses.
• Cyberstalker Gets Four Years In Prison For "War" On Woman.
• DOD Issues RFI With Goal Of Advancing Cybersecurity Technology.
• CISA Says 62,000 QNAP NAS Devices Have Been Infected With The QSnatch Malware.
• NDAA Would Create National Cyber Director Position In White House. Laboratory
• FBI Joins Probe Of Human Remains Found In Kentucky.
• NIST Study Finds Pandemic Masks Thwarting Face Recognition Technology.
Law Enforcement Services
• US Launches Minnesota Office On Missing Indigenous Cases.
International Relations
• Former Malaysian PM Convicted In First 1MDB Trial.
• Operation Conducted By Honduran, Colombian Authorities Leads To Big Cocaine Seizure.
• Bulletin: Cartel Likely Used Phones That Were Compromised By Law Enforcement. Other FBI News
• Senate GOP's COVID-19 Stimulus Proposal Includes $1.75B For New FBI Headquarters.
• Barr To Defend Administration In Congressional Testimony.
Other Washington News
• Trump Touts "Tremendous Success" In Development Of Coronavirus Vaccine.
• O'Brien Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Is "Self-Isolating."
• Commerce Department: Ross Hospitalization Was Not Related To Coronavirus.
• Birx Advocates Mask-Wearing, Bar Closures In Tennessee Visit.
• Azar Credits Mask-Wearing For "Plateauing" Of COVID Cases In Key States.
• Report: 4,000 Federal Workers Seeking Disability Compensation For Contracting COVID-I9 At Work.
• Ten States Set Single-Day Records For New Infections.
• Florida Reports Lowest Number Of New COVID Cases In Three Weeks.
• DC Mayor's Quarantine Order Takes Effect.
• Coronavirus Outbreak Could Endanger Baseball Season.
• Cain Still Hospitalized For Coronavirus.
• NYTimes Analysis: Expanding Data Set Helps Americans Make Sense Of Pandemic.
• Some Patients With Coronavirus Suffer From Symptoms, Effects Months After Initial Infection.
• Colleagues Say Doctor Responsible For Discredited Studies Has History Of Cutting Corners.
• Republicans Say Border-Crossers Responsible For Rise In Coronavirus Cases.
• DOJ Reaches Settlement With Company That Discriminated Against Permanent US Residents.
• Trump Lawyers File To Block Manhattan DA's Subpoena For President's Tax Records.
• Senate GOP Relief Plan Would Cut Weekly Unemployment Aid To $200 Per Week.
• Kudlow: "V-Shaped Recovery" Is "Very Much Intact."
• Sen. Collins Joins Romney In Opposing Fed Nominee Shelton.
• Trump Retweets Praise For Defense Bill He Has Threatened To Veto.
• Politico Report: White House Aides Struggle To Revise List Of Potential SCOTUS Nominees.
• Trump Says Twitter's "Trending" Tweet Listing Is Illegal.
• Commerce Department Enlists FCC In "Tech Crackdown."
• EPA IG Investigating Rollback Of Auto Emissions Standards.
• Lewis Lies In State At Capitol; Trump Says He Will Not Pay Respects. International News
• Cases Surge Around World, Prompting Lockdowns And Travel Bans.
• Navarro Says He Predicted China Would Create A Deadly Pandemic.
• Iran Moves Mock Aircraft Carrier Into Strait Of Hormuz.
• Israel Says It Fired On Hezbollah Fighters Who Crossed Over From Lebanon.
• Taliban Executes Prison Guard As UN Releases Report On Violence Against Civilians.
• China Takes Control Of US Consulate In Chengdu.
• Russian Fighter Intercepts US Spy Plane Over Black Sea.
• Experts Worry North Korea's Undelivered "Christmas Gift" Will Become An "October Surprise."
• Ambassador To South Korea Shaves Off Controversial Mustache. The Big Picture
• Headlines From Today's Front Pages.
Washington's Schedule
• Today's Events In Washington.
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