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Federal Bureau of Investigation - May 22, 2023
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Table of Contents
IN THE NEWS
• FBI Broke Rules in Scouring Foreign Intelligence on Jan. 6 Riot, Racial Justice Protests, Court Says
• U.S. Police Officer Charged For Allegedly Aiding Proud Boys
• Debt Limit Talks Start, Stop As Republicans, White House Face 'Serious Differences'
• Former Trump Lawyer Describes Conflict Inside Legal Team
• Comer Presses FBI Over Alleged Informant File Claiming Biden Accepted Bribes While VP
COUNTERTERRORISM
• As Shooting Trial Nears, Pittsburgh Grapples With Antisemitism
• 'Living in Fear': Arson Is the Latest in a String of Attacks on Minnesota Mosques
• FBI Informant Encouraged To Have Sex In War On Terror
• Opinion: Democrats Cook the FBI's Books on Domestic Terrorism
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
• Guardsman, Pentagon Leak Suspect, To Remain Jailed As He Awaits Trial
• U.S. Must Defend Its Pacific Territories Against Chinese Threat: Former NSC Director
• China Seeks to Counter Musk's Starlink With Own Satellite Network
• Opinion: China's Threat to Our National Security That Might Surprise You
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
• Hunter Biden's Russian Associates Evade Another Round of U.S. Sanctions
• Former Trump Lawyer, Describes Conflict Inside Legal Team
• Continued Reporting: Former Marine Charged With Killing NYC Man Argues It 'Had Nothing To Do With Race'
• Woman Arrested Almost 4 Years After Newborn Baby Is Found Alive in Plastic Bag Abandoned in Georgia Woods
• Accused Killer Bryan Kohberger Allegedly 'Broke Into' Female Colleague's Home Months Before Idaho Murders
• Arrest Made in Connection With the Murder of 20-Year-Old Texas Woman
• 'Cold-Blooded' Philadelphia Hitman Sentenced For Six Murders
• Shanquella Robinson's Family Demands Biden Intervene In Her Death Investigation, Says FBI is Withholding Records
• Wisconsin Man Charged With Hacking Sports Betting Accounts
• Las Vegas Resident Charged In $45 Million Metaverse Scam That Touted Trillion-Dollar Returns
• Members of California County Hells Angels Convicted In Federal Court
• Dad Killed, Two Teens Wounded After Grenade Explodes In Indiana Home
• FBI, Tribe's Police Investigating Fatal Shooting of Tribal Member by U.S. Border Patrol Agents
• FBI Testing DNA After Woman Says She Was Child Who Disappeared in Chicago 20 Years Ago
• Louisiana Man Jailed For Making Minors Bake, Sell Brownies Seven Days A Week
• Feds Dig Up Child Porn Secret In Man's Old Email Account
CYBER DIVISION
• The Underground History of Russia's Most Ingenious Hacker Group
• Law Enforcement Is Fighting The Rise Of "InfoStealer" Malware
• Ethical Hacker Scams 60 Minutes Staffer to Show How Easy Digital Theft Is
LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
• Opinion: Here's What We Can Do Now About Gun Violence
• New Bill Would Make Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers a Deportable Offense
• Body Cameras Can Be a Powerful Tool. But Not All Police Forces Wear Them.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• Peruvian Interpol Chief Reveals How Joran Van Der Sloot Extradition Will Go Down
CAPITOL VIOLENCE NEWS
• The 'Beverly Hills Insurrectionist' And The Big Myth About Jan. 6
• Prosecutor Connected To Jan. 6 Probe Takes On Lawyer For Tech Companies In Mystery Appeals Court Fight
• Texas Militia Member Sentenced To Nearly Five Years In Prison For Attacking Police During Capitol Riot
OTHER FBI NEWS
• Graham on Durham's Trump-FBI Report: 'It Is Done and It's Damning'
• Pro-Life Activist Elise Ketch Speaks on FBI Agents Visiting Mom's House
• Congress May Use 'Power Of The Purse' To 'Limit' How FBI, DOJ Spend Money: Rep. Jim Jordan
• Jim Jordan Suggests GOP May Target Hillary Clinton With New Investigation
• Navajo Leaders Seek Tribal Members Caught Up In Sober-Living Medicare Scam In Arizona
• Whistleblowers Slam FBI's 'Nefarious' Weaponization, Say Other Agents Are 'Too Afraid' Of Getting 'Crushed'
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
• Russia Issues Retaliatory Arrest Warrant For International Criminal Court Prosecutor
• Warring Factions In Sudan Agree To Temporary Ceasefire, Say U.S.-Saudi Mediators
• G7 Ends With Ukraine In Focus As Zelenskyy Meets World Leaders, Russia Claims A Battlefield Victory
• Obama, Colbert Among 500 Americans Banned From Going To Russia
• Russia's Latest Sanctions On U.S. Officials Turn To Trump Enemies
• U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Hundreds of Targets In Fresh Russia Action
• Mexico Moving Migrants Away From Borders To Relieve Pressure
• Lebanon Receives Interpol Notice For Its Central Bank Governor Who Was No-Show At Paris Questioning
• Brazil Indicts Ex-Officials Over Amazon Murder of Journalist and Colleague
OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS
• DOJ Wins Lawsuit To Dissolve JetBlue And American Airlines's Northeast Partnership
• Nebraska Lawmakers Pass 12-Week Abortion Ban, Restrictions On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
• COVID Emergency Orders Are Among 'Greatest Intrusions On Civil Liberties,' Justice Gorsuch Says
• Georgia Prosecutor Signals August Timetable for Charges in Trump Inquiry
• Small, Rural Communities Are Becoming Abortion Access Battlegrounds
• Many Transgender Health Bills Came From A Handful Of Far-Right Interest Groups, AP Finds
• Republicans Deploy New Playbook For Abortion Bans, Citing Political Backlash
• Using 'He/Him,"She/Her' In Emails Got Two Dorm Directors Fired At Small New York Christian College
• DeSantis Asks That Judge Be Disqualified From Disney's Free Speech Lawsuit
• Will Biden's Hard-Hat Environmentalism Bridge The Divide On Clean Energy Future?
• The U.S. Left Them Behind. They Crossed a Jungle to Get Here Anyway.
• The Real Impact Of Immigration On The U.S.
• Democrats' Phalanx Around Biden Has an Eric Adams-Size Hole
• The Future of Telehealth After The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
• Democrats Fight To Expand A 'Broken And Illegitimate' Supreme Court
• Judge Orders Rudy Giuliani To Detail Finances In Election Defamation Suit
• Uvalde Families Dig In For New Test of Gun Industry Protections
• Why Dianne Feinstein, Like Many Before Her, Refuses to Let Go
• Postal Thefts Jump. Employees Are Both Victims and Criminals.
• Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins Formally Resigns In Wake Of Ethics Probes
• Former OPM Employee Pleads Guilty To Steering Millions In Contracts To Family-Connected Firms
• Appeals Court Says Alabama Can't Execute Intellectually Disabled Inmate
• JPMorgan, Ex-Executive Spar In Court Over Responsibility For Epstein
BIG PICTURE
• New York Times
• Wall Street Journal
• Washington Post
• Financial Times
• ABC News
• CBS News
• NBC News
• Fox News
WASHINGTON SCHEDULE
White House
President Biden
• There were no new events in the President's schedule.
Vice President Harris
• No events scheduled.
US Senate
• No events scheduled.
US House of Representatives
• Business Meeting: H.R. 467 - HALT Fentanyl Act• S.J. Res. 11- Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5 United States Code of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards"• H.l. Res. 45 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title S United States Code of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Waivers and Modifications of Fe — 4:00 PM — Host: Committee on Rules
Cabinet Members
• Secretary of State Blinken tours a clinic supported by PEPFAR funds in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 11:30 AM.
• Secretary Blinken holds a meet and greet with employees and families of U.S. Embassy Port Moresby in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 12:15 PM.
• Secretary Blinken visits a vendor fair with Academy for Women Entrepreneurs alumnae in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 1:00 PM.
• Secretary Blinken meets with young alumni of U.S. exchange programs in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 1:20 PM.
• Secretary Blinken meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 1:40 PM.
• Secretary Blinken meets with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 3:45 PM.
• Secretary Blinken participates in a Defense Cooperation Agreement and Shiprider signing ceremony with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 4:30 PM.
• Secretary Blinken participates in the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 5:00 PM.
• Secretary Blinken participates in a Compact Review Agreement signing ceremony with Palau in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 6:30 PM.
• Secretary Blinken holds a joint press availability with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape and U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 7:15 PM.
• Secretary Blinken attends a working dinner with U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at 8:10 PM.
Visitors
• No events scheduled.
General Events
• Brookings Institution: A discussion of the Office of Management and Budget's updated benefit-cost guidelines — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: Brookings Institution, 2:00 PM. On Monday, May 22, the Brookings Institution Center on Regulation and Markets and the Niskanen Center will jointly host a conversation with Richard Revesz, administrator of the U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Ted Gayer, president of the Niskanen Center, Zachary Liscow, chief economist of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Connor Raso, senior associate general counsel at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Sanjay Patnaik, director of the Center on Regulation and Markets, will provide welcoming remarks and Phil Wallach, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, will moderate the discussion on proposed updates to OMB Circulars A-4 and A-94, which guide government benefit-cost analysis. These updates aim to reflect new developments in scientific and economic understanding, given that the current circulars are several decades old, but some may have concerns about the impact of particular proposed changes. In any case, much of the impact will depend on public comment and subsequent implementation by OMB and agencies. The program will cover the key issues to be resolved through these processes. This event is a part of the series "Reimagining Modern-day Markets and Regulations" under the Center on Regulation and Markets.
• CSIS: Countering AAPI Discrimination and its Intersections with U.S. Foreign Policy — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: CSIS, 3:00 PM. Since the early history of the United States, America has been engaged in Asia and home to Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. The arc of the United States' history is filled with legacies of both rising opportunity for and deepening discrimination toward AAPI communities that often intersected with shifting tides in U.S. foreign policy toward Asia. As the United States emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic—and the spike in AAPI hate crimes that came with it—and adopts a more assertive foreign policy towards China, how can the U.S. foreign policy community further counter AAPI hate and discrimination? Please join CSIS to commemorate AAPI Heritage Month with a keynote address by Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative and Co-Chair of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI), and a panel discussion exploring ways to counter AAPI hate and discrimination and its intersections with U.S. foreign policy in Asia. This event, hosted by the Center's Asia Program, Diversity and Leadership in International Affairs (DLIA) Project, and the staff-led Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Employee Resource Group (ERG), builds on an event held in 2021, "Countering Asian and Asian American Discrimination as a Dimension of Foreign Policy."
• CATO Institute: Expanding Access to Primary Care by Removing Barriers to Assistant Physicians — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: Online Event, 12:00 PM. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of as many as 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034. Yet there are not enough residency positions for the number of medical school graduates. Missouri became the first state to address this problem by launching a new licensure category: assistant physician (AP). APs are essentially apprentice physicians. The reform lets graduates without a residency position provide primary care in clinics while enhancing their knowledge and skills. Six other states have passed similar laws: Arkansas, Kansas, Utah, Arizona, Louisiana, and Idaho. Please join Kevin D. Dayaratna, PhD, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis; Keith J. Frederick, DO, a former Missouri legislator who spearheaded the country's first AP law; and Lyman Wostrel, MD, a primary care physician practicing under Missouri's AP law, to discuss this issue. Cato Institute senior fellow Jeffrey A. Singer, MD, will moderate the discussion.
• AEI: The Power of Money: A Book Event — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: AEI, 5:30 PM. In The Power of Money: How Governments and Banks Create Money and Help Us All Prosper (Matt Holt, 2023), Paul Sheard explains fiat money creation, linking the process to government debt and deficits. His belief in a symbiotic relationship between monetary and fiscal policy leads naturally to central bank quantitative easing operations when interest rates are close to zero. He offers interesting perspectives on financial crises and controversial topics such as CEO pay, wealth inequality, and the long-term viability of the euro, cryptocurrencies, and the international dominance of the US dollar. Join AEI for an interesting discussion of The Power of Money with Mr. Sheard, the Cato Institute's Arnold Kling, and AEI's Paul H. Kupiec. Mr. Sheard will sign copies of his new book during a wine and cheese reception.
• Atlantic Council: A fireside chat with European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: Atlantic Council, 4:30 PM. Please join the Atlantic Council's Europe Center for a virtual conversation featuring European Commissioner for Transport Adina Wean. This event will take place over Zoom on Monday, May 22 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. ET. Europe's roads, rivers, trains, and ports have become a critical element in the European Union's (EU) support to Ukraine. One year ago, less than three months after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU launched the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes to provide an avenue for the export of Ukrainian grain and import of aid to the people of Ukraine. Since then, Solidarity Lanes have become a critical artery of Ukraine's resilience in the face of Russia's invasion. They demonstrate the value of reinforced connectivity in the European transport infrastructure and also support the EU's actions to make the European transport system smart, sustainable, and resilient in line with EU's climate and digital ambitions.
• Wilson Center: Wilson China Fellowship Conference 2023 — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: Wilson Center, 9:00 AM. U.S.-China competition increasingly dominates the foreign policy conversation. Tensions in the Taiwan Strait, decoupling in strategic technological sectors, and a growing struggle for influence in regions across the world signal a 21st century that will be defined in large part by U.S.-China competition. Yet, as President Joseph Biden has said, "We seek competition with China, not conflict." Both countries depend upon the other economically despite concerns about dependence, and neither can address climate change alone. How can the United States compete with China while cooperating on issues of mutual interest? What role will emerging technologies and a rising Global South play in U.S.-China relations? Is this a "cold war" or something else entirely? The Wilson China Fellowship supports a rising generation of American scholars dedicated to exploring every facet of U.S.-China relations and the rise of China. Please join us on May 22nd at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars as our 2022-23 Wilson China Fellows present their projects and discuss key policy issues with program alumni and other esteemed experts for our third annual Wilson China Fellowship Conference.
• Wilson Center: The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: Online Event, 4:00 PM. Like the Great Game struggles between Russia and Britain over India that existed for most of the 19th century, the "other" Great Game in East Asia over control of the Korean peninsula also gave rise to lasting rivalry and bloodshed among the regional powers at the turn of the twentieth century. Using her latest book, The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2023), Sheila Miyoshi Jager will illuminate some key aspects of this struggle to show how these earlier conflicts and rivalries set the course for the future of East Asia and the larger global order.
• Hudson Institute: Running Out of Space: The Future of Space Traffic Management — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: Online Event, 10:00 AM. FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington will discuss his vision for American leadership in the space economy and the role that regulation can play in promoting an innovative and dynamic marketplace for space services. Commissioner Simington will then join former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth and a panel of leading experts in space technology and safety to discuss best practices in space sustainability and space traffic management.
• Hudson Institute: Prosperity at Risk: The Quantum Computer Threat to the US Financial System — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: Online Event, 12:00 PM. Cybersecurity experts and technology policy officials, including those in the White House, are realizing that quantum computers will pose a significant threat to existing public encryption systems and that they need to act now to make America's key infrastructure quantum ready and secure. Join Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative (QAI) Arthur Herman and QAI Associate Director Alex Butler as they discuss their most recent report. This publication details the potential consequences of a future quantum computer attack on the Federal Reserve, specifically the Fedwire Funds Service, which facilitates large-scale interbank transactions. Mises Institute Senior Fellow and former Deputy Director of the Treasury Department's Office of Financial Research Alex Pollock, and John Prisco, CEO and founder of Quantum Safe Inc., will discuss the implications of the report for the future of our financial system.
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