was moved over to joint terrorism task force and subsequently while here you are saying you were allowed to do both jobs until your replacement arrived. your assumption then was not that the replacement was not going to arrive, right? are you talking about a replacement for my supervisor or me? for the responsibilities that you were doing under the child sex abuse cases. there was no replacement that was going to arrive for that. that would be conjecture on your part at that point. no, i was told that. okay. you continued to work the child abuse cases until you were suspended in 2022, correct? yes. in fact, you even received an award for your csam work in july of 2022, correct? yes. you got this award after you took on all the child exploration cases for the local sheriff s office earlier that same year and working at the
mr. friend, i would like to ask you about your move to the domestic terrorism unit. you originally transferred to daytona from the f.b.i. s omaha field office, in june of 2021, is that correct? yes. and you were assigned to the joint terrorism task force at the end of september of 2021, correct? yes, i was reassigned. you had been exclusively working on child sex abuse material known as csam cases is that correct? that was before you moved to the jttf, isn t that right? yes. did you stop working on child abuse cases after october 1, 2021? no, i did not. in fact, the f.b.i. planned
their respects before a funeral on thursday. that will be overseen by pope francis in st. peter s square. the vatican has said that the ceremony will be a simple and solemn affair, under which he, buried in the papal tombs under the basilica. three nypd officers are recovering after a man attacked them with a machete. according to the nypd commissioner, a 19-year-old man carried out this unprovoked attack just outside a times square just outside a times square new year s eve security screening zone. that s where a man approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete. he then hit two other officers before one of those officers fired his service web. that bullet hitting the suspect in the shoulder. the suspect is being treated for his injuries. the fbi, nypd, and the fbi s jttf are all investigating. meanwhile in alabama, one person was killed and nine others were injured in a shooting in mobile, alabama. it happened just last night, blocks from where
listen. we can see more mass shootings. need some more mass shootings. your point, peter, was that evidence is already gathered. because he s under arrest does not stop the critical evidence gathering, the checking the boxes, if you will, sealing this case so that you have it ready and air tight when you go to trial. john, absolutely, 100%. the investigation is not over. so right now, as i said, the public at large is breathing a sigh of relief. they can go back to their normal lives, not worried about frank james lurking around a corner to repeat another act. but the prosecution in this case, the eastern district of new york, and the jttf and new york city police department are ensuring all their is are dotted and ts crossed. they don t want to cut any corners in order to let anything influence the trial and the outcome in order to meet the counts on the indictments and
stronger case, it will stay there? well, absolutely, john. all options are still on the table as peter just pointed out. this has been a colossal effort on behalf of the nypd, jttf, federal and local law enforcement agencies. they specifically noted the kings county district attorney s office is involved as well. so they are absolutely could be a superseding indictment, if there are more co-conspirators, more charges for mr. james himself and certainly state charges are on the table. so all options remain there, john. peter, what s your take on that part of it? is it more federal charges as they gather more evidence? they just make a superseding indictment or does the state need come in here as well? absolutely. and it s a combination of both, in my experience. so when we re looking at title 18.1932, it s basically an act of terrorism on a mass transportation device. the federal government has a heavier hammer with regard to sentencing and the penalties