WASHINGTON — A federal watchdog is investigating how the Biden administration chose a site for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition marked by allegations of conflict of interest from the bureau's director.
The inspector general for the General Services Administration is probing the decision to replace the FBI's crumbling headquarters in Washington, D.C., with a facility in Greenbelt, Md., rather than a site in Virginia, according to a letter released Thursday by Virginia lawmakers.
The GSA, for its part, said it chose the site due to lower costs and easy access to transit. It stands behind the process.
