[EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Wednesday, January 06, 2021

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FBI News Briefing
TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF
DATE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2021 6:30 AM EST

TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS

• LEADING THE NEWS
  • Intel Agencies Say Russia Was Likely Behind Hacking Of Government Departments.
• OPERATION LEGEND
  • Operation LeGend Resulted In More Than 6,000 Arrests.
• COUNTER-TERRORISM
  • Sources: FBI Won't Classify Nashville Bombing As Terrorism.
  • FBI, FAA Investigate Threat To US Capitol To Avenge Soleimani.
  • Arizona Man Sentenced To Over 3 Years In Bomb-making Case.
  • Police To Bring Charges In New York City Bomb Hoax.
  • FBI Terrorism Task Force Aiding Bomb Threat Investigation.
  • Continuing Coverage: Guilty Plea In DC Private School Bomb Threat.
  • Islamic State Support Trial Pushed Back.
• COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE
  • Bail Hearing For Assange Set For Wednesday.
• CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
  • Officials, Law Enforcement Prepare For Possible Violence As Trump Supports Flock To DC For Protests.
  • Kenosha DA Will Not Bring Charges In Police Shooting Of Jacob Blake.
  • FBI Says It Was Unaware Agent Was Interrogating Legislative Staffer About Conversation On Legislation.
  • Continuing Coverage: Wray Urged To Investigate Trump Over Georgia Call.
  • Attorneys For Woman On Death Row Ask Trump To Commute Sentence.
  • Pro-Trump Website Targeting "Enemies," Attributed To Iran, Reappears.
  • Sharpton: Firing Not Enough For Officer Who Killed Andre Hill.
  • Denver Police Seized Guns Over Threats To Colorado's Attorney General.
  • Police Officer Chicago's Latest Carjacking Victim.
  • Man Arrested Over Concerns About Disrupting Vermont COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution.
  • Continuing Coverage: FBI Traced Ghislaine Maxwell Using Cell Phone Data.
  • Continuing Coverage: Barr Questioned Jeffrey Epstein's Cellmate.
  • Undercover Police Sought To Buy A Gun From Dolal Idd Prior To Fatal Shooting.
  • Man Held On Bail For Attempted Arson Of Historically Black Church.
  • Videos Show Chicago Police Pinned A Woman Under Their SUV For Eight Minutes.
  • Indiana Woman Arrested In Connection To Murder.
  • Florida Man Sentenced Over Bank Fraud.
  • US Embassy Staffer Charged With Serial Rape.
  • Cliven Bundy's Son Arrested.
  • Human Trafficking Organization Profiled.
  • Drug Case Defendant Sentenced To More Than 20 Years In Prison.
  • Tennessee FBI Agent Interviewed Over Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
  • Investigators Searching For FBI Most Wanted Fugitive In Arizona.
  • Michigan Residents Arrested In Connection To Bank Robberies.
  • Washington State Minor Located.
  • FBI Searching For Texas Bank Robber.
  • FBI Investigating Illinois Bank Robbery.
  • Memphis Police Department Warns Of Growing Gang Violence.
• FINANCIAL CRIME & CORPORATE SCANDALS
  • FBI Warns Of COVID-19 Related Fraud Schemes.
  • Appeals Court Upholds Corruption Conviction Of Former Texas State Judge.
  • Pharmacist Who Tried To Spoil COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Released.
• CYBER DIVISION
  • Trump Order Bans Eight Chinese Apps.
  • NYSE Reconsidering Plan To Allow Three Chinese Telecom Companies To Remain Listed.
  • San Francisco Cybersecurity Company Moves Headquarters To Florida.
  • Report: Ransomware Attacks To Worsen In 2021.
  • Government IGs Launch Cyber-Threat Interagency Report.
  • Cybersecurity Stocks On The Rise After Recent Hacking Attacks.
  • Iboss Among Cybersecurity Firms Taking Advantage Of Cloud Market Boom.
• LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
  • Continuing Coverage: Gun Background Checks, Violence Rose In 2020.
• OTHER FBI NEWS
  • US Attorney For The Eastern District of Virginia Resigns.
  • Trump Names New US Attorney For Atlanta.
  • Senators Urge Biden To Chose Doug Jones For Attorney General.
• OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS
  • GOP Senators Remain Divided On Electoral Vote Certification.
  • US Passes 21M COVID Cases.
  • NIH Scientists Work With Moderna To Study Benefit Of Smaller Doses.
  • Congress Using Curative COVID Test Despite FDA Warning Of False Hits.
  • Some California Hospitals Activate Crisis Care Standards.
  • Mississippi Says 108 Inmates Died In 2020 But Does Not Disclose Cause Of Death.
  • Florida Nursing Home Vaccinated Wealthy Donors.
• INTERNATIONAL NEWS
  • WHO Director-General Criticizes China For Blocking Researchers' Access.
  • EU Confronts Problems With Vaccine Rollout.
  • Germany Lengthens Lockdown, Toughens Restrictions.
  • UK Says One Out Of Every 50 People In England Has COVID.
  • Israel Leading World In Coronavirus Vaccination.
  • Palau Would Owe Vaccination Effort To Operation Warp Speed.
  • US Accuses Iran Of Seizing South Korean Tanker In Response To Sanctions.
  • Treasury Sanctions Chinese Firm Tied Iran's Steel Industry.
  • AP Analysis: Trump Moves Make It Harder For Biden To Engage With Iran.
  • Afghan Peace Talks Resume In Qatar.
  • Countries Along Former Soviet Borders Rebuilding Their Defenses.
  • At Start Of North Korean Party Congress, Kim Says Five-Year Economic Plan Failed.
  • Pro-Democracy Figures Arrested In Hong Kong.
  • Former Chief Of Major Chinese State Bank Sentenced To Death.
  • Saudis End Three-Year Rift With Qatar At Urging Of Trump Administration.
  • Socialists Take Control Of Venezuela's Congress.
  • Vietnam Sentences Three Journalists To Prison.
  • Ethiopian Police Release Reuters Cameraman.
• THE BIG PICTURE
  • Headlines From Today's Front Pages.
• WASHINGTON'S SCHEDULE
  • Today's Events In Washington.

LEADING THE NEWS
Intel Agencies Say Russia Was Likely Behind Hacking Of Government Departments. [Summary of major news coverage follows.]

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Continuing Coverage: FBI Traced Ghislaine Maxwell Using Cell Phone Data.
In continuing coverage, Newsweek (1/5, Royston, 2.67M) reports an affidavit indicates that the FBI's Jeffrey Epstein investigation traced Ghislaine Maxwell "using her cell phone data and a fake mobile phone mast." Newsweek adds, "The FBI had already obtained a warrant for her GPS and location data on the mobile phone but applied for an additional warrant because they had still been unable to pinpoint her exact location."

Additional coverage includes The Guardian (UK) (1/5, Milman, 5.53M) and the Independent (UK). (1/5, 1.19M).

Continuing Coverage: Barr Questioned Jeffrey Epstein's Cellmate.
In continuing coverage, the Daily Mail (UK) (1/5, Gordon, 4.11M) reports, "Attorney General William Barr personally questioned" Efrain "Stone" Reyes, the last inmate to share a cell with Jeffrey Epstein before his suicide.

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