Congressional lawmakers are making inquiries into how the FBI and Meta responded to the New Orleans terror attack on New Year's Day, the AP reports. Why it matters: Lawmakers are questioning the whereabouts of the FBI's top agent in New Orleans when the attack occurred,

Congressional committees are demanding answers about the FBI’s response to the deadly Bourbon Street truck attack in New Orleans.

In the center of the French Quarter of New Orleans, during New Years celebrations, Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a Ford pick-up truck through a crowd-filled Bourbon Street on Jan. 1, 2025 at 3:15 a.m. According to an official Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) statement,

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Houston, also traveled to Cairo, Egypt, as well as Ontario, Canada, before the attack.