The man who carried out a deadly New Year's attack in New Orleans was in Tampa for three days in October, the FBI said.

TAMPA — The FBI has found no evidence that a late-October visit to Tampa by the man behind a New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans was related to “criminal intent,” the agency announced Wednesday.

Congressional lawmakers are making inquiries into how the FBI and Meta responded to the New Orleans terror attack on New Year's Day, the AP reports. Why it matters: Lawmakers are questioning the whereabouts of the FBI's top agent in New Orleans when the attack occurred,