From: To: Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Public Affairs News Briefing Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:28:00 +0000 c Importan e: Normal Mobile version and searchable archives available at fbi.bulletinintelligence.com. 'FBI News Briefing TO: THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF DATE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 6:30 AM EDT TODAY'S TABLE OF CONTENTS LEADING THE NEWS • Nearly 200 Arrested, $6.5 Million Seized In Worldwide Opioid Bust. PROTESTS • House Republicans Urge FBI To Probe Funding Behind Recent Riots. • Pittsburgh Man Pleads Guilty To Destruction Of Police Vehicle During Protests. • USA Today/Ipsos Poll: 64% Say US Cities "Under Siege" By Protesters. • Cuccinelli: Authorities Should Establish "Peace Through Strength." • EPA Chief Threatens To Relocate New York Office Over Protests Against Police. • Investigation Opened After Salt Lake City Officer Shoots Child With Autism. • Officer In Taylor Case Defends Actions, Slams Officials In Email To Louisville Cops. • Police Searching For Two Suspects Who Defaced Pittsburgh BLM Mural. OPERATION LEGEND • Barr Announces Takedown Of Drug Trafficking Ring Under Operation LeGend. • Kansas City Authorities Identify One-Year-Old Killed In Triple Shooting. COUNTER-TERRORISM • Woman Accused Of Sending Ricin Letter Wanted Trump To Drop Reelection Campaign. • UK Sends Evidence Against Accused ISIS Executioners To US. • Florida Man Arrested On Charges Linked To Terrorism, ISIS. • Explosion Destroys "Hezbollah-linked Site" In Southern Lebanon. • Violent Far-Right Extremism Accounts For 40% Of Australian Counterterrorism Cases. COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE • China Calls Spying Allegations Against NYPD Officer "Pure Fabrication." • CIA Finds Putin Most Likely Directing Election Influence Efforts To Support Trump. • US Warns "Foreign Actors" May Introduce Disinformation On Delayed Election Results. • Cybersecurity Experts Tell Ohio Court "Requesting Ballots By Email Is Safe." • FinCEN Fil