New York Post reporter Jennie Taer was given what appears to be unfettered access to the home of ISIS-inspired New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar, prompting shocked viewers to wonder why what should be an active crime scene was left so wide open.
The video shows Taer gaining quick access to the home of a suspected terrorist, raising plenty of questions about the appropriateness and timing of media involvement in an ongoing investigation. Not to mention the law enforcement decision to allow that access when so many questions about Jabbar’s motivation and how he planned the attack remain unclear.
Among the items spotted as the reporter traipsed her way through the home were a bomb-making workbench and a Quran left open on a page about “slaying” in the name of Allah.
On a kitchen counter, the Department of Justice left an inventory of items seized by the FBI and the signed search warrant.
“Numerous books about Islam were also on the shelf and around the squalid home, while a prayer rug was rolled up nearby,” a Post report reads.
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Even if you don’t know how crime scenes work, you must be watching that video and wondering how it is possible for someone to come in off the street and start roaming around the home of a man who just murdered 14 people.
Especially when the circumstances behind this attack have national security implications due to his inspiration from ISIS.
And viewers on X were left absolutely aghast.
“The FBI literally seized a US Capitol LEGO set from a J6 defendant,” a skeptical Tim Young wrote. “But they left the Quran open to a passage about martyrdom next to the bomb-making station sitting in the terrorist’s apartment…”
“Sure, yeah, ok.”
“Why were you given this much access 2 days after the event? Why wasn’t this sealed off and still a part of an active investigation?” Young continued. “None of this passes the smell test.”
The curious comments kept coming.
“How do you have access to this in this fashion? Why is this not sealed off?” another asked.
“This doesn’t pass the smell test,” one woman scoffed. “A small-time reporter manages to get an exclusive tour of a terrorist’s home literally days after he commits mass murder?”
The FBI literally seized a US Capitol LEGO set from a J6 defendant…
But they left the Quran open to a passage about martyrdom next to the bomb making station sitting in the terrorists apartment…
Sure, yeah, ok.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) January 3, 2025
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More Questions Than Answers
There are so many problems with this video. The rapid media access to a crime scene less than 48 hours after the attack seems quite unusual.
The reporter and law enforcement have opened themselves up to accusations of bias or manipulation in how the story is being presented.
Some are questioning why such sensitive evidence isn’t secured in an FBI evidence room.
The FBI has been rightly criticized regarding this case. An ISIS-inspired killer who had been radicalized and posted multiple videos of his ill intentions on social media, discussing plans to kill his family and having dreams that helped inspire him to join the terror group, and the bureau somehow missed it.
Allowing the media to run roughshod over a crime scene isn’t going to put any of that criticism to rest.
