FBI Director Kash Patel announced his agency has finalized the relocation from its longtime headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, DC.
Last July, the agency announced it was relocating to Ronald Reagan Building complex in Washington. On Dec. 26, Patel wrote on X, “After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI’s Hoover headquarters and move the workforce into a safe, modern facility. Working directly with President Trump and Congress, we accomplished what no one else could.”
“When we arrived, taxpayers were about to be on the hook for nearly $5 billion for a new headquarters that wouldn’t open until 2035,” Patel added, referring to a Biden-era plan to move the FBI to a new site in Maryland. “We scrapped that plan. Instead, we selected the already-existing Reagan Building, saving billions and allowing the transition to begin immediately with required safety and infrastructure upgrades already underway. Once complete, most of the HQ FBI workforce will move in, and the rest are continuing in our ongoing push to put more manpower in the field, where they will remain.”
The Hoover Building served as FBI headquarters since 1975. The Reagan Building complex is currently home to US Customs and Border Protection and other tenants, and the FBI will take over the space that was recently occupied by the US Agency for International Development.
Patel said the Hoover Building will be permanently shut down, although it is unclear if the Trump administration will attempt to sell the building or repurpose it for other uses.
Photo of the Hoover Building by ajay_suresh / Wikimedia Commons
