The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday announced an investigation into the New Orleans terrorist attack that killed 15 people on New Year's Day and the explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas that killed the perpetrator the same day.
Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Permanent Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent letters to the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and FBI. They asked for more information about Shamsud, the New Orleans attacker. Din Jabbar's background and motivations.
They are also asking Mehta for more information about Jabbar's Facebook activity leading up to the deadly premeditated attack, and that Jabbar, a Texan motivated by ISIS extremism, has He pointed out that he had posted five videos on his Facebook page hours before driving his truck through people celebrating the New Year in the streets. .
“The public deserves full transparency and the truth about the New Orleans terrorist attack and the Las Vegas car explosion,” the chairs wrote. “We are aware that investigations into both of these cases are ongoing, and we look forward to your agency swiftly responding to requests for oversight from Congress on this very serious matter.”
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Shamsuddin Jabbar, who was killed in a shootout with police responding to a pickup truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, is pictured in an undated photo released by the FBI. (FBI)
The FBI confirmed a whistleblower's claim to the senator's office that the FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in the New Orleans Field Office was on vacation during the New Year's raid and did not return until January 2nd.
“These are important public events that the SAC should attend. The FBI has not addressed this in any of the joint briefings it provided to Congress, so we need to provide further information,” the chairs said. Ta.
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New Orleans police and federal agents are investigating a terrorist attack that occurred on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. (Chris Granger/New Orleans Legal Advocacy Bureau, via AP)
The chairs noted in their letter that Jabbar served in the U.S. Army from 2007 to 2015. He “appeared to have been deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010” and then “reportedly joined the Army Reserve as an information technology specialist until 2020.”
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In addition, Grassley and Johnson also sought information about the background and motives of Matthew Alan Libersberger, the man behind the Jan. 1 explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. are. He exploded a rented Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump Tower.
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This undated photo provided by the Las Vegas Police Department shows a Tesla Cybertruck involved in an explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Police Department, Associated Press)
Mr. Leiblesberger, who served as a master sergeant, is from Colorado Springs. He said, “I joined the military as a Special Forces trainee, served on active duty from January 2006 to March 2011, then joined the National Guard from March 2011 to July 2012, and then the Army from July 2012 to December 2012.'' served in the Reserves,” the chairs wrote. . He returned to active duty with the U.S. Army Special Operations in December 2012 and was on leave from his duty station in Germany at the time of his death.
The FBI has said the two incidents, which occurred on the same day, are not related, but Grassley and Johnson said both perpetrators overlapped their military service at Fort Bragg and Afghanistan, and both worked for a company called Turo. He points out that the vehicle was rented.
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The FBI continues to investigate the Bourbon Street attack.
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Jabbar had visited New Orleans twice before the January 1 attack, the first on October 30, 2024, and the second on November 10, 2024. The terrorists had also visited Cairo, Egypt, and Toronto, Canada, before the attacks. said the FBI.
Jabbar is believed to have acted alone, but authorities are continuing to investigate whether he had accomplices.
