{"id":2385589,"date":"2025-01-02T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T17:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corrupt-fbi-has-no-business-leading-new-orleans-investigation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T12:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T17:11:30","slug":"corrupt-fbi-has-no-business-leading-new-orleans-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corrupt-fbi-has-no-business-leading-new-orleans-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrupt FBI Has No Business Leading New Orleans Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcorrupt-fbi-has-no-business-leading-new-orleans-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2385589&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent New Year&#8217;s press conference,president Joe\u2063 biden addressed the \u2064tragic New Orleans terrorist \u200dattack that resulted\u200b in \u2062the deaths of 15 \u200cindividuals and numerous injuries. Speaking from \u200cCamp David, he assured the \u2064public that the FBI is dedicated to continuously investigating the incident, emphasizing their role in determining the motivations \u200cbehind the attack\u2063 and assessing ongoing threats to public safety. <\/p>\n<p>Despite Biden&#8217;s faith in the FBI&#8217;s capabilities, public trust appears\u200d to be wavering, as many Americans\u200d criticize the agency for allegedly misusing its resources and\u200b focusing on politically motivated cases rather then prioritizing national \u2064security threats. Critics point out that the FBI has \u200bdiverted \u200battention from critical issues such as violent crime \u2063and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-sex-trafficking-advocates-slam-twitter-on-heels-of-bombshell-lawsuit-from-teen-victim\/\" title=\"Anti-Sex Trafficking Advocates Slam Twitter On Heels Of Bombshell Lawsuit From Teen Victim\">child sexual abuse<\/a> to investigate events like the \u2064January 6 Capitol breach and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-allegedly-targets-conservatives-and-christians-as-terrorists-watchdog\/\" title=\"Watchdog claims government targets conservatives and Christians as terrorists.\">target specific groups<\/a>, including concerned parents and\u2062 Trump\u2062 supporters, \u2063labeling \u2064them as\u2063 domestic terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>The commentary highlights a\u2063 pattern of perceived corruption and inefficiency within the \u2063FBI, raising questions about its priorities and \u200deffectiveness in combating real terrorism. The agency&#8217;s controversial actions,\u200c including involvement \u2063in political scandals and election interference,\u200b contribute to a significant\u2062 decline in public confidence, with\u200b many asserting that the FBI should not be\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">principal agency handling terrorism investigations<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In his New Year&rsquo;s press conference concerning the New Orleans terrorist attack that took the lives of 15 people and injured dozens of others, President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SebGorka\/status\/1874675488184291529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed confidence<\/a> from Camp David that the FBI is &ldquo;working nonstop to investigate this heinous act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The FBI is leading the investigation to determine what happened, why it happened, and whether there was any continuing threat to public safety,&rdquo; Biden said. <\/p>\n<p>Biden might trust the FBI to handle investigations like the one into Shamsud-Din Jabbar&rsquo;s allegedly ISIS-inspired massacre on Bourbon Street, but Americans who have seen the nation&rsquo;s premier law enforcement agency <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/02\/heres-who-bidens-fbi-decided-to-persecute-rather-than-hunt-down-real-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weaponize itself<\/a> against the Biden regime&rsquo;s political opponents <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/05\/majority-of-americans-want-corrupt-fbi-to-be-reformed-or-shut-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelmingly don&rsquo;t<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI claims protecting the nation from terrorist attacks is its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/investigate\/terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;number one priority.&rdquo;<\/a> Yet the agency spent recent years redirecting its attention and resources from top issues like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-legacy-media-finally-discover-antifas-violence\/\" title=\"The Legacy Media Finally Discover Antifa\u2019s Violence\">violent criminal acts<\/a> that lead to mass casualties and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/20\/whistleblower-fbi-is-dropping-child-sexual-abuse-investigations-to-pursue-j6-witch-hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">child sex abuse cases<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/05\/d-c-jury-convicts-great-grandma-for-walking-around-the-capitol-for-10-minutes-on-jan-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arresting meemaws<\/a> for walking around the U.S. Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/cna\/another-elderly-pro-life-activist-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">praying at abortion facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/19\/think-the-fbi-deserves-the-benefit-of-the-doubt-this-laundry-list-of-corruption-should-make-you-think-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">laundry list of corruption<\/a> extends far beyond smearing <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/11\/the-fbi-targeted-traditional-catholics-because-they-will-never-accept-the-lefts-pagan-morality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catholics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/whistleblower-fbi-putting-threat-tags-on-parents-protesting-school-boards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concerned parents<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/04\/fbi-targets-trump-voters-as-domestic-terrorists-ahead-of-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump voters<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/02\/heres-who-bidens-fbi-decided-to-persecute-rather-than-hunt-down-real-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">domestic terrorists<\/a>, manufacturing scandals like the Russia collusion hoax, killing the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/19\/with-russia-hoaxer-jim-baker-on-the-inside-the-fbi-primed-twitter-to-kill-hunter-biden-story-long-before-it-broke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter Biden laptop bombshell<\/a>, raiding the home of a former and future president even if it required <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/21\/fbi-was-authorized-to-use-deadly-force-against-trump-during-mar-a-lago-raid-court-filings-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;deadly force,&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/05\/highly-credible-source-reveals-scandal-bigger-than-biden-bribery-fbi-election-interference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interfering in elections<\/a>. Yet, the <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/chairman-jordan-opens-inquiry-biden-fbis-dei-hiring-practices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEI-plagued agency<\/a>, despite its discrediting track record, is routinely accepted as the lead on investigations into <em>real<\/em> terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI wholly disqualified itself from being the lead on the New Orleans investigation when it deemed anyone questioning the regime <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/08\/democrats-indictment-frenzy-isnt-just-about-taking-out-trump-its-about-eliminating-wrongthink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guilty of wrongthink<\/a> at the same time it allowed, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/19\/inside-the-fbi-tainted-whitmer-kidnap-plot-youve-heard-almost-nothing-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">entrapped<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2024\/01\/10\/fbi-sting-isis-autistic-teen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">groomed<\/a> true threats. How can an entity that openly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/12\/the-feds-are-so-desperate-for-white-supremacy-extremism-they-fabricated-their-own\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hyper-fixated<\/a> its best efforts on <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/02\/biden-fbi-called-white-supremacy-most-persistent-lethal-threat-before-islamist-terrorism-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;white supremacy&rdquo;<\/a> accurately and adequately evaluate a threat as serious and as widespread as Islamic terrorism? It can&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>Even if it wasn&rsquo;t politicized to its very core, the FBI&rsquo;s incompetence and malfeasance no doubt hinder its ability to evaluate actual extremism and the threat it poses. The assistant special agent in charge of the New Orleans investigation claimed with a straight face that even though a man deliberately rammed a rented truck through a crowd, and even though &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-whitmer-plot-suspects-now-face-weapon-of-mass-destruction-charges\/\" title=\"Three Whitmer Plot Suspects Now Face Weapon Of Mass Destruction Charges\">improvised explosive devices<\/a>&rdquo; were found, &ldquo;this is not a terrorist event.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Her downplaying directly followed comments from New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who opened the Wednesday morning press conference by definitively stating that her city was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=53jPXIbE6YI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;impacted by a terrorist attack.&rdquo;<\/a> It was also quickly followed by a statement from the FBI confirming that the agency was indeed investigating the tragedy as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/press-releases\/fbi-statement-on-the-attack-in-new-orleans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;act of terrorism.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The FBI in New Orleans&rsquo; initial statement:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not a terrorist event. What it is right now is improvised explosive devices that was found.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Why on earth is the FBI using Orwellian language on what is an obvious terrorist attack.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rRM7Orm2PU\">pic.twitter.com\/rRM7Orm2PU<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1874474075302863204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The fact that a terrorist attack even happened in New Orleans is a failure of the agency, which takes every opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/fbi-says-it-foiled-a-terror-plot-aimed-at-americas-largest-jewish-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boast when it foils alleged plots.<\/a> The fact that the FBI, with its long history of pretending its political enemies are domestic terrorists, is leading the Bourbon Street investigation is a failure of our out-of-control bureaucracy &mdash; and one that must be remedied as soon as the next administration is inaugurated. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden expressed confidence in the FBI&#8217;s investigation of the New Orleans attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2385590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-02-at-7.03.16%E2%80%AFAM-e1735823048928-1024x576.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[8773,5591,47705],"class_list":["post-2385589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-corruption","tag-fbi","tag-new-orleans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-02-at-7.03.16%E2%80%AFAM-e1735823048928-1024x576.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385589"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385593,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385589\/revisions\/2385593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}