'We will look at all the humans': NTSB scrambles to respond as Trump blames DEI for crash

National Transportation Safety Bureau Chair Jennifer Homendy responded that her agency would investigate "all the humans" after President Donald Trump blamed a deadly airplane crash on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies put in place by Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

At an NTSB press conference following Trump's remarks on the mid-air collision in Washington, D.C., Homendy was asked to respond to the president's accusations.

"Sir, we've heard from President Trump today, talking about DEI hiring policies within the FAA and associating that with the cause of this accident," one reporter noted.

"As part of any investigation, we look at the human, the machine, and the environment.

"So we will look at all the humans that were involved in this accident," Homendy replied. "Again, we will look at the aircraft, we will look at the helicopter, we will look at the environment in which they were operating in."

"That is part of, that is standard in any part of our investigation."

A second reporter wondered if Trump "hurt" the investigation by pre-judging the cause of the crash.

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"With all due respect, I think the press also likes to state what probable cause is before we get to the probable cause," Homendy shot back. "So what I'm going to say is you need to give us time. You need to give NTSB — it's not that we don't have information. We do have information. We have data. We have substantial amounts of information. We need to verify information."

"We need to take our time to make sure it is accurate," she added. "It's important for legislators who are seeking answers to try to figure out what they're going to do about this. And so it will take time."

Watch the video below from C-SPAN.