Lawmakers briefed on the Bourbon Street truck rampage in the early hours of New Year's Day were told that the suspect, Shamsuddin Jabar, was not on a terrorist watch list before the rampage, officials said. told the Post.
During the briefing, the FBI assessed Congress on some of the information released, including Jabbar's Facebook posts before the attack and his ties to ISIS ideology.
Members of Congressional leadership and several major House and Senate committees were briefed.
The caller was David Scott, deputy director of the FBI's counterterrorism division.
Officials also said they were still working to determine the motive for the Cybertruck explosion at Trump Las Vegas later that day.
FBI Assistant Director Christopher Reier said at a news conference Thursday that Jabbar, 42, acted alone in the horrific attack on New Orleans' Bourbon Street that killed 14 people and injured dozens more. I admitted it.
Follow the latest updates on the Bourbon Street terrorist attack in New Orleans.
Raia also said there was “no definitive connection” between the New Orleans attack and the Jan. 1 Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. .
FBI officials did not respond to requests for comment.
