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FBI agent responsible for terror attack in New Orleans is reinstated after garbled press conferences

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Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan has been temporarily reassigned, multiple sources told Fox News. It is unclear where she was transferred, but she is still with the FBI

An FBI agent who claimed the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans was “not a terrorist event” has been reassigned, sources said.

Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan has been temporarily reassigned, multiple sources said Fox News.

It is unclear where she has been transferred, but according to Fox she is still with the FBI.

Her reinstatement came after she told a news conference that Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s driving of a truck into a crowd had nothing to do with terrorism.

“This is not a terrorist event,” she said hours after the event. “What it is now is improvised explosive devices that have been found and we are working to confirm whether it is a viable device or not.”

The mayor of New Orleans had already called the event a terrorist attack earlier at the news conference when Duncan corrected the idea, after which the federal agency reversed it.

After the press conference, the FBI, Attorney General Merrick Garland and President Joe Biden called the tragedy that killed 14 people a terrorist event.

An ISIS flag was attached to the 42-year-old terrorist’s truck as he drove into the crowd on Bourbon Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene after a shootout with police.

Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan has been temporarily reassigned, multiple sources told Fox News. It is unclear where she was transferred, but she is still with the FBI

Her reinstatement came after she said at a press conference that Shamsud-Din Jabbar's truck driving into a crowd was not related to terrorism (photo: Jabbar's truck)

Her reinstatement came after she said at a press conference that Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s truck driving into a crowd was not related to terrorism (photo: Jabbar’s truck)

An ISIS flag was attached to the 42-year-old terrorist's truck as he drove into the crowd on Bourbon Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene after a shootout with police

An ISIS flag was attached to the 42-year-old terrorist’s truck as he drove into the crowd on Bourbon Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene after a shootout with police

The coroner’s office said all victims died of blunt force injuries. The youngest victim was 18 years old and the oldest was 63 years old. Most of the victims were in their twenties.

The Texas-born US citizen and army veteran’s motive is currently unknown, but reports suggest his life went off the rails after he left the military in July 2020.

Court records show that Jabbar faced a deteriorating financial situation in 2022 when he separated from his then-wife. Jabbar said he was behind on house payments, had racked up credit card debt and wanted to finalize the divorce quickly.

The FBI said Jabbar had acted alone and reversed his original position.

On the same day of his attack, Matthew Livelsberger – who was at the same military base as Jabbar – caused a Cybertruck to explode outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, sparking rumors that the two attacks were linked.

Livelsberger, 37, was identified by law enforcement sources as the bomber in the attack, which injured seven.

The explosion was caused by “a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck” or “very large fireworks”, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

The $80,000 car was seen in a fiery blaze outside the hotel’s revolving doors, killing one person and injuring seven around 9 a.m., Las Vegas police said.

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