Mayorkas REFUSES to Answer Questions About Muslim Terrorist Arrested For Election Day Jihad Massacre Plot Who Worked CIA SECURITY Job, Screened Multiple Times

Wild-eye conspiracy theories pale next to the reality of Democrat treachery.

NEW—Disgraced DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas REFUSES to answer questions on the Afghan national who was arrested for an Election Day terror plot:

"Your persistence in questioning can be matched by my persistence in answers."

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi came here in 2021 after Biden's… pic.twitter.com/ZRyMfV9xIf

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 10, 2024

Afghan man charged with Election Day terror plot screened multiple times, worked CIA security job

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, arrived in the US Sept. 9, 2021, weeks after American troops pulled out of Afghanistan

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By Louis Casiano , Jacqui Heinrich Fox News, October 10, 2024 9:10pm EDT | Updated October 10, 2024:

DHS Sec Mayorkas deflects questions on terror suspect who worked as CIA security guard

Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich has more on the Afghan terror suspect on ‘Special Report.’

An Afghan man living in Oklahoma who allegedly plotted to conduct a terrorist attack on Election Day on behalf of the Islamic State worked a security job for the CIA in Afghanistan, Fox News has learned.

Authorities believe Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, became radicalized after he arrived in the U.S. Sept. 9, 2021, weeks after the American troops pulled out of Afghanistan, a senior Biden administration official said.

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He entered the U.S. on a special immigrant visa (SIV) and is on parole status pending adjudication of his immigration proceedings, the Department of Homeland Security said this week. Those facts were disputed by the State Department.

Officials have since clarified that Tawhedi came to the U.S. via humanitarian parole and later applied for SIV status.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi is charged with plotting an Election Day terror attack. (Department of Justice)

Humanitarian parole is a process by which Tawhedi would have been held in a third country for screening and vetting and then flown to the U.S.

After moving to the U.S. in 2021, he applied for special immigrant status, a pathway for a green card, and was approved. He hadn’t finalized his status, which is why the State Department denied a DHS claim made this week that Tawhedi arrived with an SIV.

It was still unclear when the State Department approved him for an SIV after DHS approved him for humanitarian parole in 2021. Tawhedi applied for SIV status immediately after arriving in the U.S.

There were no red flags that would have barred him from entry into the U.S., officials said.

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A photo of Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi and his children from July. (Department of Justice)

“Afghan evacuees who sought to enter the United States were subject to multilayered screening and vetting against intelligence, law enforcement and counterterrorism information. If new information emerges after arrival, appropriate action is taken,” a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

Investigators believe Tawhedi was radicalized after arriving in the U.S., similar to several past terrorism suspects, including those involved in the Pulse nightclub shooting, the 2015 San Bernardino attack and the Halloween 2017 case in which a man used a truck to murder eight people and injure several others on a bike path in Lower Manhattan on behalf of ISIS.

Tawhedi was arrested Monday and is charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and receiving a gun to be used to commit a felony or a federal crime of terrorism.

In his seized communications, Tawhedi allegedly indicated that his attack was planned to target large gatherings of people on Election Day, during which he and a juvenile were expected to die as martyrs. He was busted after speaking with an FBI confidential informant, the Justice Department said.