Such a move would be cost effective, because the building at the current location is in bad shape and not all FBI personnel can fit inside. As well, security on the busy avenue for the current building is a serious concern.
If the FBI moved, the old headquarters downtown would be torn down and the land sold to a private developer who, almost certainly, would build a hotel on the spot.
That would cause competitive problems for the new hotel right across the street. Can you guess who owns that new hotel? Yes, you guessed right -- none other than Donald Trump.
Emails released last week show that Trump was intimately involved in stopping relocation of the FBI headquarters (details here and here). The FBI will now remain in their present location but in a new headquarters building to be constructed on the site.
This prevents a competitor to his hotel across the street. It also presents the largest cost to the American taxpayer, because tearing down and replacing the existing headquarters is the most expensive option.
Remember when Trump promised to "drain the swamp"? Keeping the FBI headquarters downtown to block a possible hotel competitor is far more corrupt and "swampy" than anything done by recent Presidents.
Trump is absolutely shameless in his hypocrisy. That's why he must be curbed by flipping at least one house of congress in next month's election.
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