Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for border czar, said the incoming administration needs to address “insider” threats, referencing the New Orleans and Las Vegas incidents.
Homan told Fox News host Sandra Smith during an interview on Thursday that “we can’t let this go on any further” after authorities said an Army veteran killed at least 14 people with a truck in New Orleans and a Bronze Star recipient injured seven while exploding a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
“We need to drill down and find out about this inspiration and what insider threat is currently in the United States government, military and in the United States government service and address them right away,” Homan said. “We gotta address insider threat. We have to. We can’t let this go on any further.”
He expressed the need to “really dig down into insider threat” in “federal servants,” whether “it’s the FBI” and especially in an industry with “infrastructure responsibilities.”
“I mean, insider threat — the analysis — has been put in the back seat by [the Biden] administration,” Homan said. “We got two people [who] served in the military … that committed these terrorist attacks.”
President Joe Biden said in a statement after the attacks that he has directed his “team” to “ensure every resource is available.”
“My heart goes out to the victims and their families who were simply trying to celebrate the holiday,” the statement reads. “There is no justification for violence of any kind, and we will not tolerate any attack on any of our nation’s communities.”
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