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BALTIMORE, MD — Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled in favor of Maryland and Prince George's County, blocking the Trump administration's unlawful attempt to move the FBI headquarters from the carefully selected Greenbelt site to the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.:
“Maryland and Prince George’s County committed more than a decade of work to earn the FBI headquarters and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars. By blocking the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempt to move the FBI to the Reagan Building and divert the funds Congress set aside for this project, the Court has cleared the path back to Greenbelt.
This victory is about more than a building. It is about ensuring that when Congress makes a decision, the Federal Government cannot simply ignore it because they do not like the outcome.
Congress made a promise. The Trump Administration tried to break it. Now, the jobs, investment, and opportunity Marylanders deserve are within reach.”
This evening, Attorney General Brown also issued the following video statement: https://youtu.be/ZOMskb8xeM8
Attorney General Brown filed this lawsuit in November 2025 alongside Prince George’s County to stop the Trump administration's unlawful attempt to move the FBI headquarters from the lawfully selected Greenbelt site to the Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., and to prevent the diversion of more than $1 billion in congressionally appropriated funds.
Today, the Court struck down the Trump administration’s decision to move FBI headquarters to the Reagan Building and the FBI’s move to redirect $555 million in funds for that purpose. The Court permanently blocked the administration from taking any actions to facilitate or advance the relocation of the FBI Headquarters to the Reagan Building and the Court further blocked the administration from disbursing any funds in support of that attempted relocation.
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