Virginia lawmakers laid into the Biden administration Thursday for choosing to place the new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Maryland instead of their home state. After a prolonged process, officials picked Greenbelt, Maryland, over two other locations ...
Virginia lawmakers laid into the Biden administration Thursday for choosing to place the new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Maryland instead of their home state.
"It's especially disappointing that the FBI's initial criteria for this decision — developed independently by the GSA and affirmed by Congress just last year — were changed at the 11th hour by the Administration following political pressure," Kaine and Warner wrote. They pointed to a recent internal memo by FBI Director Christopher A. Wray obtained by The Associated Press expressing concern over "potential conflict of interest" in the site selection.
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