NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre expressed confusion and skepticism about the details surrounding the deadly New Year’s Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas.
In an X-post Friday, Favre asked his followers “what’s going on” with the terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed fourteen people and the Cybertruck bombing outside Trump Tower in Las Vegas that left one dead.
“What’s going on with the New Orleans and Trump Hotel story? Lots of information and hard to sift through to see what’s real!” Favre wrote.
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Many of Favre’s followers responded and shared a similar skepticism.
“No matter what the FBI says, believe the opposite!” wrote one user.
Another user responded, advising Favre and others to “ignore the media.”
“None of this. Absorb the event. Ignore the media,” the user wrote.
More details about the two attacks have emerged in recent days.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who drove a rented pickup truck into New Year’s celebrants on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday, and Matthew Livelsberger, the man who hours later watched the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, were both Army soldiers who served at Fort Liberty and deployed to Afghanistan in 2009, Fox News digital previously reported.
Las Vegas, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said that although both men served in Afghanistan in 2009, any possible ties there were still being investigated.
“We don’t have any evidence that they were in the same province in Afghanistan, in the same location or in the same unit,” McMahill said. “Again, something else still under investigation.”
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A defense official told Fox News that there was no evidence the attacks were related based on their military service. While both men served at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, they were there at different times. The base in North Carolina is home to more than 50,000 troops.
The FBI released surveillance footage of the attack in New Orleans, showing Jabbar driving a rented Ford pickup through a crowd of people about an hour before he allegedly drove a rented Ford pickup. Bourbon Street Attack celebrants say the attack was inspired by Islamic State.
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Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre speaks for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Resch Center on Oct. 30, 2024 in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
More than thirty others were injured. Despite previous investigations into the possibility of accomplices in the attack, the FBI said Thursday that the agency is confident Jabbar acted alone.
The FBI recovered a black ISIS flag from Jabbar’s rented pickup used in the attack.
“This investigation is just over 24 hours old and we have no evidence at this time that anyone other than Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar was involved in this attack,” said FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia of the Counterterrorism Division from the FBI. its headquarters said Thursday.
“The FBI is sending people and resources into this area from across the region and across the country. Special agents in field offices across the country are assisting with possible aspects of this investigation and following up on leads. Additional teams of special agents, professional staff and victim specialists continue to arrive to provide increased investigative power and assistance to victims and their families.
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