The FBI appears to be moving swiftly in its investigation of the Army veteran accused of orchestrating a domestic terrorist attack during New Year’s celebrations in New Orleans.
Hours after the alleged attack by 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, New York Post reporter Jennie Taer was granted access to record a tour of his home in North Houston, Texas.
Although the attack took place in Louisiana, the federal government likely obtained a search warrant for Jabbar’s Texas residence under Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which permits magistrate judges to issue warrants outside their jurisdiction in cases involving domestic or international terrorism.
However, the decision to allow a reporter to record and share evidence from Jabbar’s home during an active investigation has raised concerns. Critics argue that the scene resembled a “model terrorist house,” with evidence conspicuously laid out for the camera.
Taer’s footage shows the interior of Jabbar’s trailer home with no authorities present. On the kitchen island, a signed federal search warrant from a Louisiana judge and an inventory of seized property were prominently displayed. According to Taer, the home contained “various chemicals” and “religious materials,” including an open Quran turned to a specific passage for apparent emphasis.
🚨 WATCH: Tour of New Orleans Attacker Jabbar’s home
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 3, 2025
The NYP reporter says she “found a bomb-making station and a Quran open to a chilling passage about martyrdom”
Something’s off here. The attack happened literally YESTERDAY
How is this being allowed?
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Jabbar’s younger brother, Abdur Jabbar, 24, spoke to reporters from Beaumont, Texas. He confirmed that Jabbar was raised Muslim but denied that his brother was ever radicalized.
“He was very well-tempered, slow to anger,” Abdur said. “That’s why it’s so hard to believe he could be capable of something like this.” Abdur said he communicated with his brother almost daily over the past year and a half and initially thought there had been a mistake when family members informed him of the allegations. That changed when Jabbar’s face appeared in news reports.
“We were raised attending mosque on Friday nights, but he never talked about ISIS or showed any signs of radicalization,” Abdur added. “He understood what being a Muslim truly meant—it was the opposite of this tragedy.”
Investigators allege that Jabbar affixed an “ISIS flag” to the hitch of the rented F-150 EV he used in the attack. Images of the flag, shared with the media, show it with noticeable fold creases, as if recently unfolded.
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