Maryland’s state government has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for canceling construction on a new FBI headquarters in the state.
The Epoch Times reports the administration overturned a Biden-era plan to move the agency’s offices out of Washington to a new building that was planned for Greenbelt, Maryland. Instead, the agency is being redirected to offices in the Ronald Reagan Building complex near the FBI’s current location.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, a Democrat, said the administration’s actions, which involved years of congressional planning, were illegal.
“What we’re really seeing is an administration that doesn’t like the decision Congress made, so they’re trying to undo it without going back to Congress,” Brown said. “That violates federal law. It violates congressional directives. It harms Marylanders who were promised jobs and opportunities. That’s why we took action.”
Brown added the administration was “attempting to unlawfully reprogram and transfer over $1 billion in funds that Congress designated specifically for the Greenbelt project.”
The federal lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Maryland, seeks “stop the unlawful selection of the Reagan Building, prevent the diversion of congressionally appropriated funds and ensure the Trump administration follows the law,” Brown added.
