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Date

2020-03-05

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Summary

This document is a Department of Justice news digest from March 5, 2020, summarizing various legal and law enforcement news articles. The digest covers a wide range of topics including national security, immigration, criminal law, civil rights, and antitrust.

Metadata

Subject: Afternoon Digest
Sender: DOJ Digests a
Recipients: Rendon DOJ Alert Desk
Document ID: —
Date: 2020-03-05

Illegal Activity

Severity: suspicious
Description: This document is a news digest summarizing reports of various illegal activities. It does not contain first-hand evidence of illegal activity being committed by the sender or participants in the communication.
Categories: Child sexual abuseDrug traffickingEspionageHate crimesEmbezzlementMeth possessionSabotageGamblingForeign briberyTrade secret theftAntitrust violationsContraband in jailPonzi scheme
Content Type: news_report
Shared Content: Yes

Relationships 45

Entity 1	Relationship	Entity 2	Description
William Barr	Government regulation	tech companies	Barr is pushing for tech companies to address child sexual abuse online.
FBI	Law enforcement	homegrown violent extremists	FBI efforts to identify homegrown violent extremists were not as successful as expected.
Steve Williams	Partnership	Mike Stuart	Mayor Steve Williams has a partnership with U.S. attorney Mike Stuart.
Lori Vallow Daybell	Family	Tylee Ryan, JJ Vallow, Alex Cox	Lori Vallow Daybell is the mother of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, and was seen with them and Alex Cox in Yellowstone.
Nicki Minaj	Marriage	Kenneth Petty	Nicki Minaj is married to Kenneth Petty, who was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender.
FBI agents	Law enforcement	Rafael Vega-Rodriguez	FBI agents were looking for Rafael Vega-Rodriguez, who fired gunshots at them.
State police, U.S. Marshals	Law enforcement	Douglas C. Smith Jr.	State police and U.S. Marshals are searching for Douglas C. Smith Jr.
Authorities	Law enforcement	Eleazar Martinez Medina, David Washington	Authorities arrested Eleazar Martinez Medina and David Washington in a drug trafficking case.
Vienna Police, ATF	Law enforcement	Suspects	Vienna Police and ATF are investigating the theft of 25 firearms from a gun shop.
FBI agents	Surveillance	Carter Page	FBI agents botched the wiretapping process of Carter Page.
Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA)	Political influence	Donald Trump	The IRA pushed disinformation to promote the campaign of Donald Trump during the 2016 elections.
FBI	Counterintelligence	Hector Fuentes	The FBI suspected Hector Fuentes of working for an official with Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service.
U.S. Special Operations task force	Employment	Mariam Taha Thompson	Mariam Taha Thompson was a contract linguist assigned to a U.S. Special Operations task force in Iraq.
ICE	Law enforcement	Immigrants	ICE uses an algorithm to determine whether people arrested for immigration offenses should be detained or released.
Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Patty Murray	Government oversight	Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security	Senators Feinstein, Durbin, and Murray are calling for an investigation into the disclosure of confidential therapy sessions to ICE.
Chuck Schumer	Political	Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh	Chuck Schumer made comments about Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Donald Trump	Government	Judges	President Trump has the opportunity to pick another judge for the influential appeals court in D.C.
CBD970	Business	Robert Hellman, Labyrinth Holdings Inc.	CBD970 is suing Robert Hellman and Labyrinth Holdings Inc. for allegedly churning out illegal CBD oil.
U.S. Attorney's office	Legal	SpineFrontier, Inc., Kingsley Chin, Aditya Humad	The U.S. Attorney's office has filed a civil health care fraud complaint against SpineFrontier, Inc., Kingsley Chin, and Aditya Humad.
Brian Urlacher	Family	Casey Urlacher	Casey Urlacher is the brother of Brian Urlacher and pleaded not guilty in a gambling case.
Facebook	Business	Neural Magic, Aleksandar Zlateski	Neural Magic is suing Facebook for allegedly stealing trade secrets.
Apple Inc.	Legal	California Institute of Technology	Apple Inc. failed to defeat CalTech's Wi-Fi patent at the Federal Circuit.
Brett L. Eliason	Legal	The Corporation of The President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The Law Offices of Kirton McConkie	Brett L. Eliason sued The Corporation of The President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and The Law Offices of Kirton McConkie for allegedly embezzling his parent's estate.
University of Michigan	Employment	Robert Anderson	The University of Michigan is accused of allowing Robert Anderson to sexually assault students for decades.
Lyft Inc.	Legal	Investors	Lyft Inc. investors accused the company of misleading them about its performance and prospects ahead of its IPO.
InspectionXpert Corp.	Employment	Sathish Kasilingam	InspectionXpert Corp. will get another chance at hiring Sathish Kasilingam on a temporary high-skilled visa.
Federal health department officials	Government regulation	Family planning service providers	Federal health department officials are trying to enforce a rule prohibiting family planning service providers from referring their patients for abortions.
NCR Corp.	Employment	Employees	NCR Corp. convinced a court to decertify a collective of employees who claim they were shortchanged for overtime work.
PG&E	Employment	Tree-workers	PG&E cannot commit to contracting a specific number of tree-workers by a future date.
Bioverativ	Legal	CSL Behring	Bioverativ has accused CSL Behring of infringing three patents covering its haemophilia B drug Alprolix.
Charter Communications	Legal	Warner Records	Charter Communications is pushing back against copyright infringement claims by Warner Records.
U.S. Bancorp Inc.	Employment	Employee	U.S. Bancorp Inc. settled a lawsuit alleging discrimination and harassment.
Ball State University	Legal	Adam Ross	A court said Ball State University was not biased against a male student in an alleged rape case.
Tulsi Gabbard	Legal	Google	Tulsi Gabbard's lawsuit against Google was dismissed by a judge.
Pharmaceutical companies	Regulatory	FDA	Pharmaceutical companies that wrongly list patents in FDA's Orange Book must prove they acted in good faith to avoid antitrust liability.
Gilead Sciences	Legal	Drugmakers	Gilead Sciences and other drugmakers must face antitrust claims related to HIV drugs.
EPA	Regulatory	Arizona	A court ordered the EPA to take action on Arizona's plan to curb harmful air pollution.
Justice Department	Investigation	Guards	The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into potential misconduct by guards at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.
Prosecutors	Legal	Bernard Madoff	Prosecutors urge the judge to deny early prison release for Bernie Madoff.
9th Circuit	Legal	Indian tribe	9th Circuit says Indian tribe may stop oil train traffic on reservation.
Marijuana regulators	Regulatory	Illinois	Marijuana regulators in Illinois said legal dispensaries sold nearly $35 million worth of recreational pot in the second month of sales.
Department of Justice	Regulatory	Gun dealers	The Department of Justice has issued a new advisory requiring gun dealers in one state to conduct federal background checks on all unlicensed gun buyers.
Montgomery County commissioners	Legal	Opioid manufacturers and distributors	Montgomery County commissioners voted to join a federal settlement against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James	Legal	Opioid makers	New York State Attorney General Letitia James is holding the makers of opioids accountable for their role in the addiction crisis.
House Democrats	Legal	Donald Trump	A federal judge agreed to give House Democrats more time in Trump tax-returns case.

Notable Quotes 3

"Scale of outbreak in U.S. remains uncertain"

"Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous."

"As per recent Federal Court ruling, the Federal Government will be withholding funds from Sanctuary Cities."

Red Flags 4

Potential misconduct by guards at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself.
Allegations of embezzlement by a religious organization.
Allegations of sexual assault by a former doctor at the University of Michigan.
Allegations of trade secret theft by Facebook.

Financial Information

Amounts:$658,000$35 million$34,805,072.01$46 million$1 million$50m£38.6m$1 billion

Media & Journalist References

WaPo
NYT
WSJ
LAT
Politico
Axios
CNBC
The Hill
Washington Times
WFXT-FOX (Boston, MA)
West Virginia Metro News (Charleston, WV)
Idaho Statesman (Boise, ID)
KMVT-CBS
KNXV-ABC
KPNX-NBC
KTVX-ABC
Newsweek
WFMZ-TV (Allentown, PA)
Patch (Concord, NH)
The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
WTTG-FOX (Washington, DC)
Washington Times
The Hill
Washington Examiner
WaPo
CBS
NBC
Bloomberg Law
ABC
The Hill
Washington Times
WaPo
KYMA-NBC (Yuma, AZ)
WaPo
San Francisco Chronicle
The Hill
FOX
NY Post
NYT
VOA
Washington Examiner
Washington Times
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
WDTN-NBC
Law360
Newsweek
Sierra Sun Times (Mariposa, CA)
NYT
Lexology
WSFX-FOX
Reuters
AP
Baltimore Sun
CBS
FOX
NBC
NY Post
Politico
Roll Call
VOX
WaPo
Washington Times
Law360
Bloomberg Law
The San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego, CA)
AP
New York Daily News
The Sun
Patch (Malden, MA)
Denver Post (Denver, CO)
AP
Press Herald (Portland, ME)
AP
The Hill
WEEK-NBC (Peoria, IL)
AP
WMAQ-NBC (Chicago, IL)
KSL-NBC (Salt Lake City, UT)
KABC-ABC (Los Angeles, CA)
Lexology
Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA)
Law360
Bloomberg Law
Legal NewsLine
The National Law Journal
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)
Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
Utility Dive
Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review
World Intellectual Property Review
AP
Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
The Daily Mail
The National Law Review
Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
AP
The Daily Mail
AP
Reuters
The Washington Times
Marijuana Moment
WCPO-ABC (Cincinnati, OH)
The National Law Journal
Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH)
WNBF (Binghamton, NY)
Politico
Law.com

Public Knowledge

Context: This is a news digest, so the information is likely already public.
Media Worthy: Yes
Likely Public: True

Legal Compliance

Child sexual abuse online
Homegrown violent extremists
Opioid crisis
Disappearance of children
Sex offender registration
Firearms offenses
Rape
Drug trafficking
Gun shop burglary
Espionage
Child separation
Immigration violations
Hate crimes
Embezzlement
Meth possession
Sabotaging an aircraft
Gambling
Foreign bribery
E. coli contamination
Trade secret theft
Patent infringement
Medicaid work requirements
Discrimination
Antitrust violations
Air pollution
Contraband in jail
Ponzi scheme

Raw Analysis JSON click to expand

Themes

Political connections/influenceLegal matters/litigationCriminal Justice/CorrectionsImmigration & Border SecurityCivil RightsAntitrustEnvironmentMarijuana LegalizationOpioid CrisisAdministrationNational SecurityCriminal LawCivil Law

People 134

Alexandra S. Levine John Monahan Michael Horowitz Shauna Johnson Steve Williams Mike Stuart William Barr Ruth Brown Lori Vallow Daybell Tylee Ryan JJ Vallow Alex Cox Janice Williams Nicki Minaj Kenneth Petty Rafael Vega-Rodriguez Tony Schinella Douglas C. Smith Jr.Maki Becker Eleazar Martinez Medina David Washington Shirin Rajaee Clint Henderson Cheryl K. Chumley Carter Page James Boasberg Maggie Miller Robert Mueller Donald Trump Caitlin Yilek Hector Fuentes Spencer S. Hsu Mariam Taha Thompson Graham Kates Camilo Montoya-Galvez Genevieve Douglas Sathish Kasilingam L. Patrick Auld Alexander Mallin Friedrich Karl Berger Stephen Dinan Mark Morgan Hannah Bloch-Wehba Sumiko Keil Kim Bellware Emi MacLean Brett Samuels Joel Diaz Rincon Sandra Sanchez Dianne Feinstein Dick Durbin Patty Murray Jason DeParle Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Brian Shyr Jared Kushner Lawrence Hurley Richard Cowan Chuck Schumer Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh John Roberts Ann E. Marimow Thomas B. Griffith Madison Alder Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha Stanley Blumenfeld Mark C. Scarsi Ronald C. Machen Kimberly A. Parker Pauline Repard Annie DeWolf Allison Nathan Steve Greenberg Nicole Darrah Sarah Delashmit Alex Newman Kingsley Chin Aditya Humad Shannon Mcnaught Michael Henry Titus Miller Edward D. Murphy Maurice Diggins Benjamin Tucker Patz John Bowden Gary Jones Edward Rakestraw Marcia Cooke Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani Casey Urlacher Brian Urlacher Pat Reavy Kaleb Wiewandt Steven Cash Anna Spoerre Kahler Folkedahl Aleksandar Zlateski Perry Cooper Charmaine Little Brett L. Eliason Max Eliason Joyce Eliason Jacqueline Thomsen David Jesse Jennifer Bennett Mary Anne Pazanowski Adam Ross M.K.Manish S. Shah Kavya Balaraman William Alsup Sarah Morgan Rory O'Neill Edward Pearcey David Eggert Patrick Dorrian M. David Weisman Noah Feldman Greene Erin Stone Michael Balsamo Michael R. Sisak Sophie Law Bernard Madoff Sebastien Malo Andrew Blake Ben Adlin Larry Seward Chris Stewart Kathy Whyte Letitia James Brian Faler Trevor McFadden Daisuke Wakabayashi

Organizations 143

DOJDepartment of JusticeWaPoNYTWSJLATPoliticoAustraliaCanadaNew ZealandU.K.FBIAxiosCNBCThe HillWashington TimesWFXT-FOX (Boston, MA)West Virginia Metro News (Charleston, WV)National Opioid SummitATFDEAU.S. Marshal ServiceIdaho Statesman (Boise, ID)Rexburg PoliceKMVT-CBSKNXV-ABCKPNX-NBCKTVX-ABCNewsweekU.S. Marshals ServiceWFMZ-TV (Allentown, PA)Patch (Concord, NH)New Hampshire State PoliceThe Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)UberWTTG-FOX (Washington, DC)Vienna PoliceVienna Arsenal Gun StoreBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)FISAForeign Intelligence Surveillance CourtDOJFBIRussian Internet Research Agency (IRA)New York University's Brennan Center for JusticeFacebookInstagramU.S. intelligence agenciesPentagonHezbollahCBSU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesHHSNBCBloomberg LawInspectionXpert Corp.U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesU.S. District Court for the Middle District of North CarolinaABCNazi GermanyThe Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)U.S. MarinesWDTN-NBCGateway International Bridge9th U.S. Circuit Court of AppealsMigrant Protection Protocols programLaw360Sierra Sun Times (Mariposa, CA)Department of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Homeland SecurityHHS Office of Refugee ResettlementImmigration and Customs EnforcementAmerican Psychological AssociationLexologyWhite HouseWSFX-FOXReutersU.S. SenateSupreme CourtAPBaltimore SunFOXNBCNY PostPoliticoRoll CallVOXLaw360The San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego, CA)New York Daily NewsThe SunSpineFrontier, Inc.Impartial Medical Experts, LLCDenver Post (Denver, CO)WEEK-NBC (Peoria, IL)WMAQ-NBC (Chicago, IL)KSL-NBC (Salt Lake City, UT)FCPADes Moines Register (Des Moines, IA)Jimmy JohnsNeural MagicApple Inc.Federal CircuitCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPatent Trial and Appeal BoardU.S. District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaThe Corporation of The President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsThe Law Offices of Kirton McConkieThe National Law JournalU.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. CircuitLyft Inc.HHSNCR Corp.U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisUtility DivePacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)Life Sciences Intellectual Property ReviewBioverativCSL BehringSanofiWorld Intellectual Property ReviewCharter CommunicationsWarner RecordsUS Court District Court for the District of ColoradoU.S. BankBall State UniversityGoogleUS District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaThe National Law ReviewFDAGilead SciencesBristol-Myers SquibbJapan TobaccoJohnson & JohnsonEPAEnvironmental Protection AgencyMetropolitan Correctional CenterOne OhioWNBF (Binghamton, NY)Illinois Department of Financial and Professional RegulationWCPO-ABC (Cincinnati, OH)U.S. Post OfficeRENDON Media

Locations 56

U.S.AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandU.K.Boston, MAWashington, D.C.West VirginiaSouthern DistrictBoise, IDYellowstone National ParkTwin Falls IDPhoenix AZSalt Lake City UTLos AngelesCaliforniaAllentown, PALancaster CountyConcord, NHWarnerBuffalo, NYWestern New YorkViennaVirginiaWashingtonRussiaSt. PetersburgMiamiSouth FloridaIraqRochester, Minn.IrbilTennesseeMemphisGermanyMeppenSan YsidroSan DiegoMexicoCaliforniaSan FranciscoArizonaJapanMichiganIllinoisColoradoChicagoColumbusOhioMarylandDelawareArkansasPhoenixNorth DakotaNew York CityMontgomery County

Text Analysis

Tone: Informative
Purpose: To provide a daily digest of news related to the Department of Justice.
Significance: This document provides a broad overview of legal and law enforcement activities across the United States, covering a wide range of topics from national security to civil rights.

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