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Top Republican senators on Sunday criticized recent law enforcement failures by the FBI and other groups, and called on President-elect Trump’s administration to enact reforms.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Americans have lost confidence in the FBI. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., also told “Fox News Sunday” that there needs to be “consequences” for law enforcement failures that allowed incidents like last week’s terrorist attack in New Orleans.
“I think the FBI is an agency that needs reform, and it needs a good revamp, so to speak, and probably a good amount of housekeeping when it comes to the perception that the American people have of it and of these institutions.” that the American people need to have confidence and trust,” Thune said Sunday.
He added that Trump’s nominee to head 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 barriers that could have prevented last week’s deadly truck attack. Permanent barriers that block vehicle access to Bourbon Street They were being replaced at the time of the attack, but city authorities could have deployed archer barriers designed to stop a 5,500-pound vehicle moving at 60 miles per hour.
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“There has to be leadership at the top. And if leadership failed, as you describe, then there absolutely have to be consequences. Period. End of story,” Cassidy said.
“Now I think we’re going to have some kind of complete review of everything, from top to bottom. And if that’s how it all ends, she should be replaced,” he added, referring to New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne. Kirkpatrick.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, is calling for a review of police decisions related to the truck attack in New Orleans. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Thune and Cassidy’s statements arrive days later Trump’s allies He criticized the FBI for its initial characterization of the truck attack as unrelated to terrorism, before the country’s top federal law enforcement agency reversed course and launched a terrorism investigation allegedly linked to ISIS.
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“The FBI has a no-fail mission. There is no margin for error. When they fail, Americans die. Kash Patel needs to be confirmed as soon as possible,” a source close to Trump told Fox News Digital on Thursday morning.
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 many incoming Trump Cabinet nominees who will need to go through Senate confirmation after Trump is inaugurated later this month.
Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.