FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Tuesday, July 09, 2019

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FBI Public Affairs News Briefing
TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF
DATE: TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2019 6:30 AM EDT

TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEADING THE NEWS
- Barr: Democrats Want To Create A "Public Spectacle" With Mueller Subpoena.
COUNTER-TERRORISM
- Houston Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Join And Support ISIS.
- Convicted Ohio Terrorist Granted Name Change.
- Investigators Not Ruling Out Criminal Charges In Florida Explosion.
- Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Returns To Full Strength.
- Opinion: Time Limit For Holding Guantanamo Prisoners Should Be Set.
- Saudis Claim They Stopped Houthi Attack On Commercial Ship In Red Sea.
COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE
- ODNI, FBI, DHS Officials To Brief Congress On Election Security Wednesday.
- ODNI Working To Modernize IT Infrastructure, Improve Data Sharing Among IC Agencies.
- NSA Still Trying To Impose Data System Controls To Guard Against Abuse.
- "Catch-Up" IC Authorization Bill Advancing In Congress, Addressing Various Issues.
- Federal Data Strategy Forum Discusses Challenges To Attracting Data-Focused Talent.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
- Media Coverage Of Epstein Charges Focuses On Earlier Plea Deal Brokered By Acosta.
- Pathologist Testifies That Nebraska Woman's Body Showed Signs Of Struggle.
- US Seeks Death Penalty For Man Convicted Of Murdering Chinese Scholar.
- Two Arrested After Firing At Police On Nevada Reservation.
- FBI Offers Reward For Information On "Inconvenient Crook" Wanted In Seven Robberies.
- California Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Lemur From Zoo.
- FBI Offers Reward For Information On Escaped Mississippi Prison Inmates.
- FBI Assisting In Probe Of Texas Police Officer Accused Of Sexual Misconduct.
- St. Louis Police Officer Charged With Handcuffing, Berating Man Faces Trial.
- Connecticut Man Who Impersonated Officer To Rob Victims Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison.
- Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Guns, Fentanyl.
- Pennsylvania Man Seeks To Overturn Sex Trafficking Convictions.
- Oregon Professor Sentenced For Possessing Child Pornography.
- US Charges Baltimore Drug Ring Member With Drug, Weapons Trafficking.
FINANCIAL CRIME & CORPORATE SCANDALS
- DC Council To Vote On Whether Evans Should Be Removed As Finance Committee Chair.
- Attorneys For Philadelphia Union Official, Councilman Seek Dismissal Of Charges.
- FBI: Texas State Employee Took Bribes For Fraudulent Trucker Licenses.
- Federal Grand Jury Investigating GOP Fundraiser Broidy.
- Defense Attorneys Want US To Disclose Identities Of Firms, Individuals In Case Against Florida Official.
- Judge Refuses To Move Trial Against Rep. Hunter.
- US Charges California Doctor With Defrauding Health Insurance Companies.
- Ohio Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Kentucky Bank.
CYBER DIVISION
- Florida Approves New Round Of Election Security Grants.
LABORATORY
- DC Prosecutor Blamed Nonexistent Crime Lab Backlog For Delays.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
- FBI Working To Protect Fans During MLB All-Star Game In Cleveland.
- Detroit Surveillance Camera System Faces New Scrutiny From Residents.
- Former Inmate Who Earned College Degree Via Second Chance Pell Profiled.
- Families Of Sandy Hook Victims Fighting Back Against Conspiracy Theorists.
- Virginia Senate Majority Leader Offers Gun Control Bill.
- Maitra Predicts Backlash Unless Government Acts Against Antifa Violence.
- Sixty-Six Shot, Six Fatally, In Chicago Over Four-Day Weekend.
OTHER FBI NEWS
- Critics Blast FBI, ICE Use Of State DMV Photos.
- Federal Judges Say FBI Agent Gave False Testimony In South Dakota Rape Probe.
- DOJ IG To Review Decision Not To Move FBI Headquarters.
- Boston SAC Bonavolenta Discusses Dedication To FBI.
OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS
- In White House Address, Trump Touts "America's Environmental Leadership."
- Barr: Administration Has Found Legal Work-Around To Include Census Citizenship Question.
- Pence Calls Concentration Camp Comparison "An Outrage."
- UN Human Rights Chief Condemns Treatment Of Migrant Children At US Border.
- Woman Taking Sanctuary In Chicago Church Lives In Fear Of Deportation.
- Admiral Set To Take Top Navy Post Instead Retires Amid Ethics Probe.
- New Law Allows New York To Hand Over Trump's Tax Returns To Congress.
- DOJ Seeks To Halt Suit Charging Trump With Profiting Off Presidency.
- Trump Says He Plans To Hold July 4th Celebrations For "Foreseeable Future."
- Trump Says Leaders "All Working Together" On California Earthquake Response.
- Facing Likely Removal, Amash Resigns From House Oversight Committee.
- Democrats Criticize Lack Of Blacks, Latinos Among Trump's Circuit Court Nominees.
- New Book On Kavanaugh Confirmation Contrasts With Media's Depiction Of Blasey Ford.
- White House Invites Project Veritas' O'Keefe To Social Media Summit.
- Flash Floods Hit Washington Area During Monday Morning Rush Hour.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Taliban, Afghan Representatives Agree To Framework For Talks.
- Trump Says US "Will No Longer Deal" With UK Ambassador, Slams May's Handling Of Brexit.
- Pence, Pompeo, Bolton Admonish Iran After Its Threat To Accelerate Nuclear Work.
- State Department Announces New Human Rights Panel.
- State Department Approves Taiwan Arms Sale.
- Son Of Former South Korean Foreign Minister Defects To North.
- NYTimes Analysis: West Bank Calm Rooted In Despair, Not Optimism.
- NYTimes Analysis: New Greek PM Prevailed Despite Weakness Of Other Center-Right Parties.
- Russia-Georgia Tensions Rise After Georgian TV Host's Anti-Putin "Rant."
- Russian Official Says Submarine Crew Died Preventing "Catastrophe Of Global Proportions."
- Duterte Defiant As UN Considers Investigation Of Violence In The Philippines.
- "Militant Buddhism" Rising In Response To Conditions In Burma And Sri Lanka.
- US Agency For Global Media Facing New Scandals.
THE BIG PICTURE
- Headlines From Today's Front Pages.
WASHINGTON'S SCHEDULE
- Today's Events In Washington.

Key stories include:

Media coverage of Jeffrey Epstein charges, focus on earlier plea deal brokered by Acosta, mentions of Trump and Clinton as former associates of Epstein.
Barr and Mueller testimony, House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, and media coverage.
Counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence, criminal investigations, financial crimes, cyber division, and law enforcement services updates.
International news: Iran, UK, Afghanistan, Russia, China, North Korea, Greece, Philippines, Burma, Sri Lanka.
Other Washington news: Trump administration, environmental policy, census citizenship question, immigration, judiciary, and congressional updates.

Notable names/entities mentioned:

Jeffrey Epstein, Alexander Acosta, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, William Sweeney Jr. (FBI), Geoffrey Berman (US Attorney), Jay Lefkowitz, Jerrold Nadler, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Felix Sater, Andrew Weissman, Carl Bernstein, Adam Liptak, Roman Martinez, Annie Donaldson, John McGahn, Ghislaine Maxwell, Lesley Groff, Jes Staley, Bradley Edwards, Alan Garten, Lanny Davis, Jack Evans, John Dougherty, Bobby Henon, Elliott Broidy, Scott Maddox, Paige Carter-Smith, John Burnette, Duncan D. Hunter, James T. Lee, Anthony McQuaid, Jean Sajous, Niles Edward Lehman, Justin Antoine, Kaan Sercan Damlarkaya, Christopher Lee Cornell, Joel Gordon, Martin Matishak, Edward Felten, Tom Campbell, Turki al-Malki, John Sherman, Nancy Morgan, Mike Maseth, Aubrey Trail, Bailey Boswell, Sydney Loofe, Brendt Christensen, Yingying Zhang, Kenneth A. Grooms, Jerome Taylor, Ashley Harnois, Jean Sajous, Miguel "Midnight" Arnold, Maurice Smith, Thomas Norment Jr., Sumantra Maitra, Eddie Johnson, Alvaro Bedoya, Elijah Cummings, Jim Jordan, Diego Hernandez, Rebecca Kelley, Mark Lucas, Daneta Wollmann, Jeffrey Viken, Joseph R. Bonavolonta, William Moran, Chris Servello, Letitia James, Steven Mnuchin, Mike Pompeo, Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Kevin McCarthy, Gavin Newsom, Justin Amash, Val Demings, Anne Schuchat, Tom Clark, Bryan Dansberry, Ken Shields, Charles Cockell, Valentina Fossati, Andres Bratt-Leal, Craig Everroad, Tomomichi Fujita, Jarmo tin berg, Jim Wallis, Barbara Williams-Skinner, Marie Dennis, Carlos Malave, Jim Winkler, Diana Ohlbaum, James Murray, Lina Alathari, Kevin McAleenan, Gene Kranz, Mary Lynne Dittmar, Homer Hickam, Eric Stallmer, Craig Faller, Debbie Dingell, Niall Brennan, Ziad Haydar, Joanne Kenen.

This is a daily news briefing for FBI leadership, summarizing major news stories relevant to the FBI and law enforcement, with a focus on criminal, counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence, and political/legal developments.