Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is hoping to cut off funds marked for FBI field headquarters because of how politicized the organization has become. He thought the FBI was “weaponized” and “rotten to the core” while at the same time acknowledging that there “are still good men and women in the FBI whose task and purpose are to defend”. No new headquarters should happen outside the DC area.
The Gaetz resolution
The resolution is called the “FBI Washington Field Office House Arrest Act” and it outlines a number of actions done that shouldn’t have been. Two examples are parents were targeted if they were critical of school board decisions and the organization worked with private industry to censor information during an election.
The resolution encourages support through the GOP-lead House that “money should be appropriated for the General Services Administration or the Federal Bureau of Investigation to either plan to, or acquire property for, a new, consolidated headquarters outside the District of Columbia.” He takes aim in particular at $375 million in funds that went through in that omnibus bill last year for new construction in Maryland or Virginia.
Today I will be introducing the “FBI Washington Field Office House Arrest Act.” It calls for the House of Representatives to halt all spending allocated towards the FBI’s new proposed headquarters outside the District of Columbia.
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— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) March 21, 2023
Gaetz helped investigate
He’s going to do his best to do something with that information. The investigation was called the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
There was enough uncovered to move forward. Gaetz remarked, “Through our investigations in the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, we have uncovered extremely disturbing testimony from FBI whistleblowers that the Washington Field Office is targeting Americans who oppose their corrupt political agenda.”
Several Republicans co-sponsored the resolution
Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Harriet Hageman (R-WY) joined on. The FBI refused to comment.
This is the latest step in the fight to have the Justice Department and the FBI treat Republicans and conservatives treated fairly. Democrats have questioned the credibility of the whistleblowers. FBI Director Christopher Wray waved it off, “We’re not well-served by wading into the fray, taking the bait and responding to every breathless allegation. So we will continue to push back and correct the record when we appropriately can. But as long as I’m director we’re going to follow the FBI’s long history and tradition of letting our work do the talking.”
