Senate Investigates New Year’s Day Attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas

Senators raise questions about FBI oversight and links between two incidents involving military veterans and rented vehicles.

Republican Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson have launched an investigation into the New Orleans terrorist attack and Las Vegas explosion, both occurring on New Year's Day.
The New Orleans attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, killed 14 and injured 47 in an ISIS-inspired truck-ramming incident on Bourbon Street before being fatally shot by police.
Matthew Alan Livelsberger, responsible for the Las Vegas explosion outside the Trump International Hotel, died by suicide before detonating a rented Tesla Cybertruck.
Both perpetrators were military veterans, used the Turo app to rent vehicles, and had overlapping service histories, prompting further scrutiny of potential connections.
The investigation includes whistleblower claims that the FBI Special Agent in Charge of New Orleans was on vacation during the attack, as well as questions about pre-attack warnings and city security measures.