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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 15: Historical versions of the U.S. flag fly over the entrance to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters building on September 15, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
(NewsNation) — The FBI is permanently closing its headquarters at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., ending 50 years there, Director Kash Patel announced.
The offices will relocate to the Reagan Building, which Patel says will save billions of dollars.
“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,” Patel said on X. “Working directly with President Trump and Congress, we accomplished what no one else could.”
Patel said there were plans to build a new headquarters that wouldn’t open until 2035, but instead, the agency “scrapped that plan” and will move to the existing Reagan Building, where infrastructure upgrades “are already underway.”
Most of the FBI headquarters workforce will move into the new offices, and those who work in the field will remain doing so.
“This decision puts resources where they belong: defending the homeland, crushing violent crime, and protecting national security. It delivers better tools for today’s FBI workforce at a fraction of the cost,” Patel said.
The FBI’s headquarters has been at the Hoover Building since 1975. The FBI’s main offices were located in the Department of Justice building from the agency’s inception in 1908 to 1975.
