FBI to move out of brutalist J Edgar Hoover building in Washington DC

Iconic building, called greatest monstrosity ever constructed' by Hoover himself, to be closed down

The FBI director, Kash Patel, said the law enforcement agency's sprawling but ageing J Edgar Hoover building in Washington DC will be closed down and the agency will move into existing offices elsewhere.

Some FBI workers will report to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the US capital to occupy the former offices of the US Agency for International Development, which was dismantled by the Trump administration earlier this year.