The suspected driver in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans was a U.S. citizen and U.S. Army veteran. But within hours of the deadly attack, President-elect Donald Trump, Republican leaders and social media influencers speculated that he had entered the U.

The president-elect said on social media that he was right about fearing criminals on the other side of the border. Officials later identified the suspect as a U.S.-born citizen and Army veteran.

In the immediate aftermath of the New Year’s truck attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens in New Orleans, President-elect Donald Trump baselessly—and, it turns out, falsely— suggested that the Biden administration’s immigration policies were to blame.

Trump 2024 senior official Corey Lewandowski joins 'Mediabuzz' to discuss the radicalization of the alleged New Orleans attacker and the president-elect's criticism of a New York judge over sentencing connected to his criminal case.