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FBI News Briefing

TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF
DATE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021 6:30 AM EDT

TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEADING THE NEWS
- Biden, Harris Meet With Floyd Family As Deadline For Police Reform Bill Passes.
- DOJ Fights To Keep Secret Memo Clearing Trump In Russia Probe.
- In Wake Of Cease-Fire, Blinken Looks To Restore Relations With Palestinian Authority, Rebuild Gaza.
CAPITOL VIOLENCE NEWS
- Pennsylvania Couple Charged In Capitol Siege Probe Seek Plea Deal.
- Texas Man Charged In Capitol Siege Probe.
- Filing: Man Charged With Bringing Bombs To Capitol Had Called Cruz Office About Election Fraud.
- Senate Seeks Compromise On Jan. 6 Commission Bill.
PROTESTS
- North Carolina Woman Charged After Allegedly Driving Into Protestors.
COUNTER-TERRORISM
- FBI Probing Suspicious Package Sent To Sen Paul's Kentucky Home.
- Attorneys For Three Men Charged In Whitmer Kidnap Plot Plan Entrapment Defense.
- Probe Of Wyoming Bomb-Making Scheme Continues.
COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE
- US Prosecutors Obtained Data On Former Ukrainian Officials During Giuliani Probe.
- NCSC Head To Speak To "CNBC Evolve."
- Psaki: ODNI "Actively Working" On Unidentified Aircraft Report.
- US Intelligence Agencies Still Looking Into Wuhan Lab Rumors.
- Senate, House Intelligence Committees "Also Probing COVID-19 Origins."
- Democrats And Republicans Unite Behind Senate Bill Targeting China.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
- Judge Approves Deal To Allow Epstein's Jail Guards Avoid Prison.
- Roof Appeals Death Sentence In Charleston Church Mass Shooting.
- Police Investigator Accused Officers Of Underplaying Risk Of Breonna Taylor Search.
- Two Louisiana State Police Officers Reportedly Face Dismissal In Greene Case.
- Eight Charged In Multistate Burglary Ring That Allegedly Targeted Asian-Americans.
- US Charges Two Los Angeles Airport Cargo Handlers With Stealing Gold Bars.
- Former Montana Police Chief Charged With Distributing Child Pornography.
- FBI Assisting Ohio Bomb Squad In Raid.
- FBI Leads Law Enforcement Operation In Arkansas.
FINANCIAL CRIME & CORPORATE SCANDALS
- New York To Convene Special Grand Jury Over Investigation Into Former President Trump.
- Judge Dismisses Fraud Case Against Bannon.
- Former Wisconsin Financial Adviser Sentenced For Fraud Scheme.
- Connecticut Lawmaker Pleads Guilty To Campaign Fraud.
CYBER DIVISION
- TSA Set To Release New Pipeline Cybersecurity Rules.
- CISA Official: Cryptocurrency Regulation Will Not Halt Ransomware Attacks.
- Irish Health System "Struggling" Ten Days After Ransomware Attack.
- Bose Suffered Ransomware Attack In March.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
- ATF Nominee To Face Congressional Grilling Over Gun Control Lobbying.
- Biden To Mark 100th Anniversary Of Tulsa Race Massacre In Oklahoma.
- Jewish Groups Urge Biden To Name Special Envoy To Address Anti-Semitism.
- Texas Lawmakers Remove Handgun Restrictions.
- Data Shows Suicides Dropped At Height Of Pandemic.
- Surge In Opioid Deaths Reportedly Not Getting Enough Attention During Pandemic.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- DEA, FBI Involved With Operation That Led To Arrest Of Fugitive Wanted In Italy.
OTHER FBI NEWS
- Senate Confirms Kristen Clarke As Head Of DOJ Civil Rights Division.
OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS
- Moderna Announces COVID Vaccine Is Effective For Teenagers.
- CDC: 50% Of Adults In The US Have Been Fully Vaccinated.
- Indian American Community Looks To Harris For Leadership As India Becomes COVID Epicenter.
- Far Rockaway Neighborhood In Queens Has Low COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Despite High Number Of Deaths.
- Trump Backers Continue Push For 2020 Election Audits.
- Brooks-LaSure Confirmed As CMS Administrator.
- AP: Tom Nides Is Biden's Pick For Ambassador To Israel.
- White House Asks Four Trump Appointees To Resign From Arts Commission.
- Republicans Promise Infrastructure Counteroffer By Thursday.
- D.C. Files Antitrust Suit Against Amazon.
- Roberts Tells Georgetown Law Graduates They Will Serve "Higher Purpose" As Attorneys.
- CBP To Build "Central Processing" Facility In El Paso To House Migrant Families, Children.
- Administration Curbs ICE Enforcement Actions.
- DHS Proposes Changes To USCIS Meant To Ease Citizenship Process.
- GOP Leaders Condemn Greene's Comparison Of Mask Requirements To Treatment Of Jews During Holocaust.
- Coons Prioritizes Efforts To Help Administration Secure Bipartisanship.
- Senate Democrats Push For DC Statehood Despite Lack Of Votes.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Pan American Health Organization Announces Deaths Have Topped 1M For Latin America, Caribbean.
- Canada To Airlift Critical COVID Patients Out Of Manitoba.
- IOC Refuses To Suspend Japan Olympics Following Travel Advisory.
- Bacon: Biden Should Accept That Progressives Are "Right" On Foreign Policy.
- Maoist Terrorists Kill 16, Including Children, Ahead Of Peruvian Presidential Election.
- With Terrorism Designation, Administration Signals Break With Obama Policy On Cuba.
- NYTimes Analysis: US Troops Will Leave Afghanistan Ahead Of Deadline, But Security Issues Remain.
- Burma Poets Face Arrest, Death For Opposing Junta.
- Actor Apologizes For Referring To Taiwan As A Country.
- White House Setting Expectations Low Ahead Of Meeting With Putin Next Month.
- Biden: New Sanctions On Belarus "In Play."
- Iran Nuclear Talks Resume In Vienna.
- US Envoy For Yemen In Saudi Arabia For Talks.
- Increased Chinese Ties Imperil US Arms Sales To UAE.
- Top Qatari Diplomat Meets With Egypt's Foreign Minister In Cairo.
- Coup Leader Again Takes Control Of Mali.
- Somali Leader Say Deal Reached On Elections.
THE BIG PICTURE
- Headlines From Today's Front Pages.
WASHINGTON'S SCHEDULE
- Today's Events In Washington.

[Extensive news summaries and analysis follow, including coverage of the Epstein case:]

Judge Approves Deal To Allow Epstein's Jail Guards Avoid Prison.
Reuters (5/25, Stempel) reports US District Judge Analisa Torres on Tuesday approved a deferred prosecution agreement for "two jail guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night Jeffrey Epstein killed himself on their watch." The deal ends the criminal case against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas and lets them avoid prison. According to Reuters, they instead "will serve six months of supervised release and complete 100 hours of community service, preferably related to criminal justice," and "cooperate with a probe by the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general, including the circumstances surrounding Epstein's death."

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