FBI head cites a ‘potential conflict of interest’ in the selection process for a new headquarters

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI director has told staff in an internal message that he’s concerned about a “potential conflict of interest” in the process used by the Biden administration to select a Maryland site for the bureau’s new headquarters. Christopher Wray says in an email obtained by The Associated Press that Congress may review the matter. There’s been a contentious competition among jurisdictions in the national capital region to land America’s premier law enforcement agency. The government confirmed on Wednesday it had picked Greenbelt, Maryland, a Washington suburb, as the home to replace the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building blocks from the White House. Wray said his objections were about the process rather than the new site itself.