The FBI assistant special agent in charge who told the media and the public the New Orleans attack was “not a terrorist event” has been reassigned, Fox News has learned. 

Multiple sources tell Fox News that FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan has been temporarily reassigned following her initial press conference in which she stated: “This is not a terrorist event.” 

It was terrorism. 

After the original presser, the FBI put out a statement using the word “terrorism.” Attorney General Merrick Garland and President Biden also used the word “terrorism” in their statements.

“We’ll be taking over the investigative lead for this event. This is not a terrorist event,” Duncan said during the presser. 

During that same press conference, however, the mayor of New Orleans told the media and public that the city did in fact suffer a terror attack. 

“Know that the city of New Orleans was impacted by a terrorist attack. It’s all still under investigation,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell, a Democrat who has served in the role since 2018, said at the presser. 

Duncan also said in subsequent press conferences that the attack is being investigated as an act of terror. 

Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz and Emma Colton contributed to this report.