FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday that the bureau’s J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., which has been the agency’s headquarters for 50 years, would shut down as he seeks to move agents out of the nation’s capital.
Patel made the surprise announcement during a preview clip of Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, which was released on Friday morning, alongside Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino.
“I didn’t know I was going to do this, but I’m going to announce it on your show anyway: this FBI is leaving the Hoover Building,” Patel said. “Because this building is unsafe for our workforce. We want the American men and women to know, if you’re going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world, we’re going to give you a building that’s commensurate with that, and that’s not this place.”
Bongino laughed as Patel made the announcement,…
