"You're simultaneously trying to further FBI investigations, help our international partners, and work with the intelligence community to stop dangerous threats. 'Work overseas never stops'"The FBI's capacity-building work overseas never stops," said Megan Stifel, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council who previously served as an attorney in DOJ's National Security Division. "Using domestic resources and legal authorities, the FBI can frequently and quickly secure lead information to assist foreign law enforcement in local investigations. Allies of the President declared the incident an assassination attempt, citing purported findings by the FBI and other international investigators that the explosion was not accidental. Asked about what, if anything, bureau investigators have unearthed while providing assistance to authorities in Christchurch, an FBI spokesperson referred questions to the New Zealand police.

Source: CNN March 21, 2019 23:15 UTC