Trump Says He'll Keep FBI in DC, Scrap Plan to Move to Maryland
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President Donald Trump said he would seek to scrap a plan to move the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters from Washington, DC to Maryland, and instead keep it in the nation's capital — the latest in a long-running saga over the site for the agency's main office.
Trump, speaking Friday at the Department of Justice, said he was going to stop the move, castigating Maryland — a heavily Democratic state — and saying relocating the FBI would leave it too far away from the DOJ, hampering efforts for the agencies to work together.
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