A bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers is urging President Biden’s administration to halt the relocation of the FBI headquarters to Maryland while investigators are reviewing a potential conflict of interest.
Some lawmakers are raising questions about the federal government’s decision to choose Maryland as the site of the new FBI headquarters and are calling for an internal investigation.
The long wait appears to be over: The FBI headquarters is moving to Maryland.
The Justice Department’s inspector general concluded that the FBI’s decision not to build a new headquarters outside of Washington D.C. was not impacted by improper pressure from then-President Trump.
Maryland’s efforts to land the new FBI headquarters received a major boost after the General Services Division announced new criteria for the campus.
Republican leaders are now trying to move the FBI headquarters to Huntsville, Ala., as part of their effort to punish the bureau since agents raided former President Trump’s residence in Florida.
The FBI prefers Virginia as the site of its new headquarters because of its proximity to the bureau’s academy in Quantico, Va.
House Republicans are considering a move that would prevent a new FBI headquarters from being built by blocking the project’s funding as GOP lawmakers continue to look for ways to punish the bureau.
