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,

Congressional committees are demanding answers about the FBI's response to the deadly Bourbon Street truck attack in New Orleans.

The New Year's Day attack injured 57 people, the FBI said Tuesday, increasing its latest count from 35. The latest: The suspect's internet history, the FBI said in its update, also revealed that he had researched Mardi Gras, how to get onto a Bourbon Street balcony and reviewed details about recent New Orleans shootings.

FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan has been reassigned after she told the public the New Orleans attack was "not an act of terror," sources tell Fox News.

The FBI on Tuesday said it identified more victims in the truck attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens of others on Bourbon Street, and revealed more details about the suspect.

Since the New Orleans attack, Muslim Americans have been feeling a spike in anti-Muslim rhetoric, a pattern common since the 9/11 attacks, casting suspicion on the Muslim community. The 2023 FBI hate crime statistics stated between 2022 and 2023, anti-Muslim hate crimes rose by more than 49 percent.

The FBI has also revised the number of people injured in terrorist Shadsud-Din Jabbar’s attack, increasing the number to from 37 to 57.