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Emails Show Trump Pushed for Keeping FBI HQ in Washington, D.C.

HeadlineOct 19, 2018

Back in Washington, D.C., newly released official emails show President Trump was more involved than previously thought in preventing the planned move of FBI headquarters out of Washington to the D.C. suburbs. Many speculate that the move was designed to benefit Trump’s namesake hotel, which is located one block away from the FBI’s current headquarters. The Trump Hotel has been the subject of a high-profile lawsuit charging that Trump profits from the hotel and that foreign dignitaries may choose to stay there to curry favor with the president—a possible violation of emoluments clauses in the Constitution.

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