Rep. Jordan Wants Congress to Deny Funds for New FBI Headquarters Unless It’s Outside of Washington

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) wants House Appropriations Committee Chairman Kay Granger (R-Texas) to withhold funds intended for the design and construction of a new FBI headquarters complex somewhere in the Washington suburbs.
But Mr. Jordan’s request doesn’t reflect a desire on his part to keep the FBI at its present location in the J. Edgar Hoover Building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in the nation’s capital. Rather, Mr. Jordan wants to move America’s premier law enforcement agency out of the Washington region entirely, perhaps to Alabama.
“The Committee remains concerned about the politicization of federal law enforcement power emanating from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The centralization of FBI operations in the National Capitol Region has led to duplication of activity best left to the respective field offices, contributed to reduced autonomy in local field offices, and allowed improper political influence to taint law enforcement investigations and activity,” Mr. Jordan told Ms. Granger in a July 11 letter obtained by The Epoch Times….}