Senate Launches Probe on New Orleans Bombing, Cybertruck Explosion

The Senate Judiciary Committee has launched an investigation into the New Orleans terrorist attack and the cybertruck explosion outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) are calling for further information on the attackers’ backgrounds.

“The public deserves complete transparency and the truth regarding the New Orleans terrorist attack and the Las Vegas car explosion,” the chairmen wrote in letters to the DOJ, FBI, DHS, and DOD. “While we understand the investigation into both of these incidents is ongoing, we expect your agencies to be forthcoming and responsive to oversight requests from Congress on this very serious matter.”

“These are major public events that a [Special Agent in Charge] SAC should be present for. The FBI failed to note this in any of the joint briefings it provided to Congress and must provide more information,” the chairmen noted.

The chairmen also sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, requesting information pertaining to New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Facebook activity.

Providing background on the events, the letter says that on January 1, Jabbar “intentionally rammed his vehicle into a crowd of people standing on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.” The attack killed 14 people and injured 57.

“[J]ust hours after the horrific attack in New Orleans, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas,” the letter notes. “At least seven people were injured in this incident, and the driver, later identified as Matthew Alan Livelsberger, reportedly shot himself in the head right before the car exploded.”

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