{"id":2435805,"date":"2025-05-16T19:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kash-patel-breaks-major-news-about-fbi-hq-during-fox-interview-i-didnt-know-i-was-going-to-do-this\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T19:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:48:01","slug":"kash-patel-breaks-major-news-about-fbi-hq-during-fox-interview-i-didnt-know-i-was-going-to-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kash-patel-breaks-major-news-about-fbi-hq-during-fox-interview-i-didnt-know-i-was-going-to-do-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel Breaks Major News About FBI HQ During Fox Interview: &#8216;I Didn&#8217;t Know I Was Going to Do This&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkash-patel-breaks-major-news-about-fbi-hq-during-fox-interview-i-didnt-know-i-was-going-to-do-this%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435805&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>FBI Director Kash Patel announced plans for the FBI to relocate from the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korean-marine-disappears-after-attempting-to-fight-for-ukraine\/\" title=\"South Korean Marine Disappears After Attempting to Fight for Ukraine\">citing safety concerns<\/a> for the workforce. During an interview with Fox Business, Patel emphasized that a significant number of FBI agents-approximately 1,500-will be moved out of the D.C. area, with every state receiving an increase in personnel. He believes that this shift will inspire more Americans to join the FBI and help combat violent crime. However,some politicians,including Senator Mark Warner,expressed concern that this move may disrupt collaboration within the intelligence community. Representative Glenn Ivey sees potential benefits in relocating FBI agents to work more closely with state and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >local law enforcement<\/a>, suggesting that it could enhance crime reduction efforts. The move has sparked mixed reactions in the political arena,indicating a divide on the best approach to reorganizing the agency&#8217;s presence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The FBI will be on the move soon, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.<\/p>\n<p>Patel said that the FBI will be leaving the J. Edgar Hoover Building and that FBI agents will be increasingly located outside of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-agents-photographed-kneeling-george-floyd-protest-get-brutal-news-kash-patel-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington<\/a>, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, the FBI is 38,000 when we&rsquo;re fully manned, which we&rsquo;re not,&rdquo; Patel said in a video posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/video\/6372897577112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a>. The comment came during Maria Bartiromo&rsquo;s interview with Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino that will air Sunday. &nbsp;A snippet was released by Fox Business on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the national capital region in the 50-mile radius around Washington, D.C., there were 11,000 FBI employees. That&rsquo;s like a third of the workforce. A third of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-fudges-violent-crime-stats-to-hide-55-rise-under-biden\/\" title=\"... Fudges Violent Crime Stats To Hide 55% Rise Under Biden\">crime doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t happen here. So, we&rsquo;re taking 1,500 of those folks and moving them out,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every state&rsquo;s getting a plus-up,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I think when we do things like that, we inspire folks in America to become intel analysts and agents and say, &lsquo;We want to go work at the FBI, because we want to go fight violent crime and we want to get sent down into the country to do it.&rsquo; And that&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re doing in the next three, six, nine months. We&rsquo;re going to do that hard,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel announces the FBI will be moving out of the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s 11,000 FBI agents in DC&hellip; Removing 1500.. Every states getting a plus up. The FBI is leaving the Hoover Building.. Unsafe for our workforce.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s2Da4c1S15\">pic.twitter.com\/s2Da4c1S15<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1923364181396349251?\">May 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And, I did not know I was going to do this, but I&rsquo;m going to announce it on your show anyway,&rdquo; Patel added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This FBI is leaving the Hoover Building because this building is unsafe for our workforce,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You just gave up a big nugget there,&rdquo; Bongino interjected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want the American men and women to know, if you&rsquo;re gonna to come work at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-is-right-bidens-ban-of-terms-like-illegal-alien-is-orwellian-designed-to-cover-up-the-truth\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Is Right: Biden\u2019s Ban Of Terms Like \u2018Illegal Alien\u2019 Is Orwellian, Designed To Cover Up The Truth\">premier law enforcement agency<\/a> in the world, we&rsquo;re going to give you a building that&rsquo;s commensurate with that, and that&rsquo;s not this place,&rdquo; Patel said.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia was hardly enthusiastic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What the FBI needs right now is stability and support. What it doesn&rsquo;t need is some half-baked effort that will create additional barriers for agents and disrupt collaboration with the rest of our Intelligence Community,&rdquo; he said in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/kash-patel-says-fbi-will-leave-dc-headquarters-move-1500-employees\/3915298\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRC-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kash Patel: the FBI is leaving the J Edgar Hoover building. Trump plans to cut $500 million from the FBI budget.<\/p>\n<p>This is what I voted for. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kxHFO2aNAc\">pic.twitter.com\/kxHFO2aNAc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prayingmedic\/status\/1923370738964127843?\">May 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland said he is not opposed to moving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-launches-criminal-investigation-ny-attorney-general-letitia-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> agents into local areas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the FBI agents are going to work with the state and local law enforcement, you could have a multiplier effect that helps to reduce crime and other things like that,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that abandoning the Hoover Building is fine with him, if it means a site in Greenbelt, Maryland, selected in 2023 by the Biden administration, can be reconsidered. President Donald Trump said after taking office that the move would not happen.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s fast-track the move to get that built out. It&rsquo;s in the best interest of the FBI and the nation,&rdquo; &nbsp;Ivey said.<\/p>\n<p>In March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-fbi-nominee-clears-huge-hurdle-secures-major-gop-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> said his administration was &ldquo;going to build another big FBI building right where it is, which would have been the right place, because the FBI and the DOJ have to be near each other,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/16\/us-news\/kash-patel-announces-fbi-ditching-dc-headquarters-transferring-1500-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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