FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that he is moving the bureau out of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, their base of operation for over 50 years.

If so, it would fulfill his controversial commitment before becoming Director.

Patel, in an interview with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo on Friday, pointed out the poor logistical planning involved in having a third of the FBI workforce located in Washington, D.C.

"So, we're taking 1,500 of those folks and moving them out," he explained.

"I think when we do things like that, we inspire folks in America to become intel analysts and agents and say, 'We want to go work at the FBI because we want to go fight violent crime, and we want to get sent out into the country to do it."

Patel then dropped a bombshell that even had Deputy Director Dan Bongino taken aback.

🔥KASH PATEL: This FBI is LEAVING the J. Edgar Hoover building!

This is a HUGE change.

Even Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is stunned that Patel dropped that one. pic.twitter.com/N0yaLzgmaz

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 16, 2025

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Patel revealed that the plan is precisely that - to fan those agents nationwide.

"And that's what we're doing. In the next six to nine months, we're going to do that hard," Patel told Bartiromo. "I didn't know that I was going to do this, but I'm going to announce it on your show anyway - This FBI is leaving the Hoover Building because this building is unsafe for our workforce."

"You just gave up a big nugget there," Bongino responds, tapping him on the arm and laughing.

“We want the American men and women to know if you’re going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world, we’re going to give you a building that’s commensurate with that, and that’s not this place,” added Patel.

Breaking news this morning on @MorningsMaria on @FoxBusiness, @FBIDirectorKash @Kash_Patel & @FBIDDBongino @dbongino revealing to @MariaBartiromo that the FBI will be moving from the Hoover Building in Washington, D.C.

The entire exclusive interview with air this Sunday on… pic.twitter.com/nowsxSlJ4Q

— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) May 16, 2025

Patel clearly believes the Hoover Building houses a bloated administrative structure that prioritizes self-preservation over effective law enforcement. 

Deep state advocates, when President Trump nominated Patel to his position, often pointed to a statement he made previously about shutting down the FBI building as evidence of extreme behavior.

“I'd shut down the FBI Hoover building on day one and reopen the next day as a museum of the deep state,” he said in an interview on The Shaun Ryan Show. “And I'd take the 7,000 employees that work in that building and send them across America to chase down criminals. Go be cops.”

He doubled down on that plan during his confirmation hearing.

"I am fully committed to having that workforce go out into the interior of the country, where I live west of the Mississippi, and work with sheriff’s departments and local officers," he said.

Shutting down the Hoover Building is cited prominently in a Senate Committee on the Judiciary press release calling Patel a "radical extremist."

If they were furious about it before, this announcement is going to make some heads explode in the extreme rot of the deep state segment of the intelligence community.

No word yet if Patel plans to fulfill the second part of his statement and turn that building into "a museum of the 'deep state.'"

Editor's Note: The Deep State is working overtime to subvert President Trump's agenda and the will of the people. 

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