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Top GOP senators blasted recent law enforcement failures by the FBI and other groups on Sunday, calling on President-elect Trump’s administration to enact reforms.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Americans have lost faith in the FBI. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., also told “Fox News Sunday” that there need to be “consequences” for law enforcement failures that allowed incidents like last week’s terrorist attack in New Orleans.
“The FBI is an agency that I think needs reform and needs a good makeover, so to speak, and probably a good amount of housecleaning in terms of the perception that the northern people- American has of this and of these institutions that Americans should have confidence and trust,” Thune said Sunday.
He added that Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, “understands the mission.”
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the FBI needs reform. (Reuters)
Meanwhile, Cassidy reacted to the news that New Orleans police had access to 48 roadblocks that could have prevented last week’s deadly truck attack. The permanent barriers that block vehicle access Bourbon Street they were being replaced at the time of the attack, but city officials could have deployed archer barriers that are rated to stop a 5,500-pound vehicle going 60 miles per hour.
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“There has to be leadership at the top. And if the leadership failed, as you describe, then there absolutely has to be consequences. Period. End of story,” Cassidy said.
“Now, I think we’re going to have kind of a complete top-to-bottom review of everything. And if she ends up being completely shaken like that, she should be replaced,” he added, referring to New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne. Kirkpatrick.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is calling for a review of law enforcement’s decisions regarding the New Orleans truck attack. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Thune and Cassidy’s statements come days later Trump’s allies criticized the FBI for its initial characterization of the truck attack as unrelated to terrorism, before the nation’s top federal law enforcement agency backtracked and launched a terrorism investigation allegedly related to ISIS
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“The FBI has a no-fail mission. There is no room for error. When they fail, Americans die. It is imperative that Kash Patel be confirmed as soon as possible,” he told Fox News Digital Thursday morning a source close to Trump.
Military personnel walk down Bourbon Street on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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Patel is one of several Trump cabinet nominees who will have to go through Senate confirmation after Trump’s inauguration later this month.
Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
