{"id":2525313,"date":"2025-12-26T19:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patel-to-close-fbis-hoover-building-permanently\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:38:55","slug":"patel-to-close-fbis-hoover-building-permanently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patel-to-close-fbis-hoover-building-permanently\/","title":{"rendered":"Patel to close FBI&#8217;s Hoover building permanently"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fpatel-to-close-fbis-hoover-building-permanently%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=2525313&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 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/following-the-science-means-ending-restaurant-lockdowns\/\" title=\"\u2018Following The Science\u2019 Means Ending Restaurant Lockdowns\">permanent closure<\/a> of the J. Edgar Hoover Building and a move of the bureau&#8217;s headquarters into the former USAID (Reagan) building. Patel said the shift,coordinated with President Trump and Congress,will <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >save billions compared<\/a> with a proposed $5 billion new headquarters that wouldn&#8217;t open until 2035 and avoids costly restorations. He framed the move as redirecting resources toward homeland defense, combating violent crime, and strengthening national security while providing more modern facilities for the FBI workforce. The closure ends the bureau&#8217;s more than 50-year occupancy of the Hoover building, which opened in 1975; Maryland had previously sued over the administration&#8217;s cancellation of a planned Greenbelt site for a new HQ.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Patel to close FBI&rsquo;s Hoover building permanently<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2455896\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>FBI Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\">Kash Patel <\/a>announced Friday that the agency&rsquo;s longtime headquarters, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-third-of-california-restaurants-close-permanently-due-to-lockdowns\/\" title=\"A Third Of California Restaurants Close Permanently Due To Lockdowns\">close permanently<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said earlier this year that it would abandon the building in favor of the former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usaid\/\">U.S. Agency for International Development <\/a>headquarters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4362587\/homs-syria-mosque-explosion-terrorist-attack\/\">At least eight killed in terrorist attack targeting Syrian mosque<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4362468\/bruce-blakeman-kathy-hochul-convicted-criminal-state-corrections-commission-new-york\/\">Blakeman slams Hochul over requirement to put convicted criminal on state corrections commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4362447\/karoline-leavitt-announces-pregnancy-second-child\/\">Karoline Leavitt announces pregnancy with second child<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI&rsquo;s Hoover headquarters and move the workforce into a safe, modern facility. Working directly with President Trump and Congress, we accomplished what no one else could,&rdquo; Patel wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Patel explained that taxpayers would&rsquo;ve paid about $5 billion for a new headquarters that wouldn&rsquo;t open until 2035, with the move to the USAID&rsquo;s Reagan building saving billions and allowing the transition to begin immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This decision puts resources where they belong: defending the homeland, crushing violent crime, and protecting national security. It delivers better tools for today&rsquo;s FBI workforce at a fraction of the cost. The Hoover Building will be shut down permanently,&rdquo; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Patel announced in July that the Hoover building would be closed, but the building&rsquo;s future was unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The building&rsquo;s restoration would&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-blasts-biden-for-halting-wall-construction-paying-contractors-billions-to-babysit-metal\/\" title=\"GOP Senator Blasts Biden For Halting Wall Construction: Paying Contractors Billions To \u2018Babysit Metal\u2019\">ve cost taxpayers<\/a> at least hundreds of millions.<\/p>\n<p>The bureau had previously selected a site in Greenbelt, Maryland, to build a new headquarters during the Biden administration, but the proposal was pulled under Trump. Maryland has since sued the administration for its effort to &ldquo;unlawfully divert funding that Congress designated&rdquo; for the new site.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4044491\/chinese-visa-holder-charged-smuggling-e-coli-us\/\">CHINESE VISA HOLDER CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING E. COLI INTO US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The building&rsquo;s permanent closure brings the bureau&rsquo;s more than 50-year stint there to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has called the Hoover building, which is named after the first FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, home since its opening in 1975.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patel orders permanent closure of Hoover HQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2525314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kash-patel-comey-case.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[69529,69531,69530,51050,51054],"class_list":["post-2525313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fbi-headquarters","tag-federal-building-closure","tag-hoover-building","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-patel-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kash-patel-comey-case.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2525313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525317,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525313\/revisions\/2525317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2525314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2525313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2525313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2525313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}