FBI told to transfer 1,500 personnel from headquarters: Reports

SUMMARY

The FBI’s shaking things up big time. On Friday, managers told staff that 1,500 personnel are getting transferred from the agency’s headquarters near Washington, D.C., to field offices across the country. About a third—500 folks—are headed to Huntsville, Alabama, while another 1,000 will spread out nationwide. This bombshell dropped at a meeting, just as new Director Kash Patel, confirmed Thursday in a tight 51-49 Senate vote, got sworn in. Patel’s not wasting time, pushing to slim down HQ and beef up field agents fighting crime. “Agents will be in communities, tackling violent crime,” an FBI spokesperson told The Hill. Patel’s been vocal about this for a while—last year, he vowed to gut the D.C. headquarters, turn it into a “Museum of the Deep State,” and send agents to chase down bad guys nationwide. He’s keeping a small crew in D.C., but the rest? Out the door. Oh, and in Trump’s first month back, 75 FBI and DOJ career folks have already been fired, quit, or sidelined.