Overview
- Attorney General Anthony Brown is expected to announce the lawsuit at a Thursday press conference in Prince George’s County alongside state and federal officials.
- A Senate committee recently approved prospectuses to begin preparing the Ronald Reagan Building for the FBI, marking an initial step toward relocating the headquarters to downtown Washington.
- Maryland leaders argue the administration violated a 2022 law that guided the selection of three sites and culminated in GSA choosing Greenbelt.
- Key security questions remain unresolved, including whether the Reagan Building can meet the FBI’s previously cited Level Five standards, with no completed security analysis publicly available.
- Backers of the D.C. plan cite lower costs, with renovation estimated at about $1.5 billion versus roughly $3.5 billion for Greenbelt, and Republicans blocked an effort to reserve $1.4 billion for the Maryland site.