Internet sleuths notice change in FBI special agent’s face after she ‘broke Bureau rule’ at New Orleans press conference [Video]

12:36 EST 02 Jan 2025, updated 17:03 EST 02 Jan 2025

The FBI agent in charge of providing updates on the New Orleans terror attack apparently took her nose ring off after being slammed for it online, according to internet sleuths. 

Special agent Alathea Duncan was seen with the facial piercing during a morning press conference following the terror attack in the French Quarter, which left 14 dead on Wednesday. 

But by the next press conference, Duncan appeared without the nose jewelry, sparking comments on social media given that the FBI does not allow its agents to have facial piercings.

‘Special agent in charge, Aletha Duncan, shows up to the scene sporting a nose ring,’ read one post on X. ‘Can the FBI at least pretend to function as a serious law enforcement organization?’

‘Did FBI Special Agent Alethea Duncan remove her nose ring after her first press conference – when she said this was “not a terrorist event” – …