Press Releases

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after the Senate coronavirus proposal included language reportedly requested by the President to keep the FBI Headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. 

“More than 150,000 Americans have died from coronavirus, millions are unemployed, state and local governments are struggling to stay afloat, and Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump are more concerned about protecting Trump Hotel. That is shameful.”

In February 2018, Connolly requested the GSA Inspector General look into the FBI headquarters decision. That report was released in August 2018,  and found that the President was more involved in this procurement than Administration officials were letting on in their sworn testimony to Congress. 

According to the IG, “The GSA Administrator’s testimony before the House Appropriations Committee, Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on April 17, 2018, was incomplete and may have left the misleading impression that she had no discussions with the President or senior White House officials in the decision-making process about the project.” In fact, the IG reports that there are actual photographs of the GSA Administrator, the FBI Director, and others meeting with the President regarding the FBI headquarters project on January 24, 2018.

The full IG report can be found here.