Prior to the FBI’s original description of the terrible car strike in New Orleans as not being terror-related, the nation’s leading federal law enforcement agency backtracked and launched a terrorism investigation allegedly connected to ISIS, President-elect Donald Trump’s allies are criticizing the organization. ” The FBI has a no-fail goal. There is no room for error. When they fail, Americans die. A source nearby to Trump told Fox News Digital on Thursday night that it was necessary for Kash Patel to be confirmed as soon as possible. As New Year’s Eve parties partied on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early on Wednesday morning, conflict started to spread on the street. The suspect, later identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, is accused of ramming a vehicle into the masses on the favorite and legendary party streets, killing at least 15 and injuring dozens of people. Jabbar, who was armed with a Glock and a.308 rifle, was killed after opening fire on police. A special agent initially told the public that the attack was not related to terrorism at a press conference on Wednesday morning as details surfaced to the public. NEW ORLEANS ATTACK: BOURBON STREET” PEOPLE OF INTEREST” SEARCH CONTINUES AS STATE AG VOWS DEATH PENALTY” We’ll be taking over the investigative lead for this event. During the press conference, New Orleans field office FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan stated that this is not a terrorist incident. WHAT DO WE KNOW About THE TERRORIST ATTACK OF NEW ORLEANS The mayor of New Orleans disputed Duncan at the same press conference, stating that the attack was connected to terrorism. ” Be aware that a terrorist attack has affected the city of New Orleans.” It’s all still under investigation. You’ll hear more after me”, Mayor LaToya Cantrell, a Democrat who has served in the role since 2018, said at the presser. The FBI later on Wednesday released statements outlining that the attack was now being looked into as a plot of terror, including a report that an ISIS flag was discovered on the truck that rammed into the crowds. ” An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject’s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations”, one FBI statement said. SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS FBI INVESTIGATES TERRORISM AFTER THE BOURBON STREET ATTACK” The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism,” according to our partners. We are actively looking for any potential subjects who might be related to the subject, the statement continued. The FBI received criticism for its alleged failures in handling the attack while conservative lawmakers decried and mourned the victims. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a key Senate ally of Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, slammed the FBI in a series of messages posted to X and again rallied support for Patel’s confirmation to serve as FBI director. The tragic terrorist attack that claimed the lives of innocent people in New Orleans is a stark reminder of the value of strong leadership. America needs a fearless fighter like @Kash_Patel at the FBI”, Blackburn posted on Wednesday. Blackburn also criticized the FBI for allegedly reporting to the suspect’s Texas home after the media had already staked out the property. ” The FBI didn’t show up to the NOLA suspect’s address until 1pm today. We were on scene before. No one answered the door or left the house, according to New York Post reporter Jennie Taer’s post to X on Wednesday. Blackburn responded to the Post reporter, saying that the FBI had “failed” its mission as the nation’s top law enforcement agency. We are told everything we need to know by a reporter who has more information than the FBI. The FBI has failed its core mission”, Blackburn posted. WHO IS KASH PATEL? Trump’s suggestion to lead the FBI has a long history that dates back to” DEEP STATE,” and Fox Digital was contacted for comment on those criticisms. The FBI then directed Fox Digital to its three previous statements about the attack, which described it as an act of terror, but did not address the agent’s claim that Wednesday that the attack had no connection to terrorism. On Bourbon Street in New Orleans this morning, a person drove a car into a crowd of people, killing a number of people and injuring dozens of others. The subject then engaged local law enforcement, and he is now deceased. One of the three statements made to Fox Digital stated that the FBI is the lead investigative agency and that it is working with its partners to look into this as a terrorism. Jabbar was identified as a 42-year-old U. S. citizen from Texas. He was a veteran of the Army who spent time in Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010, working as a human resource specialist and information technology specialist from March 2007 to January 2015. Trump slammed President Biden and his administration’s policies for the attack. TRUMP FBI PICK KASH PATEL SHOULD TAKE THESE CONCRETE STEPS TO RESTORE TRUST: FORMER SPECIAL AGENT” With the Biden ‘ Open Border’s Policy’ I said, many times during Rallies, and elsewhere, that Radical Islamic Terrorism, and other forms of violent crime, will become so bad in America that it will become hard to even imagine or believe. That time has come, only worse than ever imagined. Joe Biden is the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER”, Trump posted to Truth Social. Biden mourned the attack on Wednesday, highlighting that despite the violence, “our New Orleans will never, never, never be defeated “.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP” New Orleans is a place unlike any other place in the world”, the president said. ” It’s a city full of charm and joy. So many people around the world love New Orleans because of its history, its culture, and above all, its people”. ” So I know while this person committed a terrible assault on the city, the spirit of our New Orleans will never, never, never be defeated”, he added.