Congressional lawmakers are making inquiries into how the FBI and Meta responded to the New Orleans terror attack on New Year's Day, the AP reports. Why it matters: Lawmakers are questioning the whereabouts of the FBI's top agent in New Orleans when the attack occurred,

The public deserves complete transparency and the truth regarding the New Orleans terrorist attack and the Las Vegas car explosion,” the senators said in a statement.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Congressional lawmakers demanded answers Wednesday about the FBI’s response to the Jan. 1 truck attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people, questioning why the bureau’s top official in the city was out of town and raising concerns about its initial, erroneous assertion that the rampage was “not a terrorist event.”