Senators are launching an inquiry into the New Years Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas.
Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chair Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) have asked the FBI and the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, Defense and FBI for more information about the perpetrators of both attacks.
“The public deserves complete transparency and the truth regarding the New Orleans terrorist attack and the Las Vegas car explosion,” the lawmakers wrote in their letters to the federal agencies. “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.”
The attack in New Orleans left 14 people dead, in addition to the perpetrator, and dozens injured, after a car drove into the busy downtown area. The attack in Las Vegas, during which a Tesla exploded outside a Trump hotel, killed the perpetrator and injured a number of others.
Grassley and Johnson are also looking for information from Meta around the social media activity of the perpetrator of the New Orleans attack. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, they write that the man had reportedly posted several relevant videos in the lead-up to his attack, but those videos had been taken down by Facebook.
