FBI to move out of brutalist J Edgar Hoover building in Washington DC | FBI
FBI director Kash Patel said the law enforcement agency’s sprawling but outdated J Edgar Hoover building is located. in washington D.C. will be closed and the agency will move to existing offices elsewhere.
Some FBI employees will report to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the US capital. occupy old offices It is part of the US Agency for International Development, which was controversially disbanded by the Trump administration earlier this year.
“After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we have come up with a plan for good. Close the FBI’s Hoover headquarters “The Hoover Building will be permanently closed,” Patel wrote on social media site X.
Patel added: “This decision puts resources where they belong: defending the homeland, eliminating violent crime, and protecting national security. It provides better tools for today’s FBI workforce at a fraction of the cost.”
In November, leaders in Maryland sued the Trump administration. Plans to move the bureau’s headquarters to the state were canceled. The lawsuit noted that Congress had already appropriated funds for relocation.
Brutalist J Edgar Hoover building designed It was also designed and built in the 1960s. It was often criticized for breaking from the style of other federal buildings. Former FBI director Hoover himself once called it “The largest monster ever built in Washington history.”
