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After four years of review, a watchdog for the U.S. Department of Justice has declared that Donald Trump is innocent of a nuisance charge alleging that the former President influenced the FBI to refrain from relocating its headquarters out of D.C.
Serious discussions surrounding the FBI’s potential move out of D.C. picked up in 2014, but the organization ultimately decided otherwise when plans to possibly destroy and rebuild the J. Edgar Hoover Building failed to materialize.
The decision to move on to alternate plans for the Hoover Building, just steps from what was then the Trump International Hotel, sent Democrats on a mad dash to accuse the then-president of meddling in the FBI’s decision. (Trending: Chilling Update On Biden Bribery Scheme)
Accusations particularly ramped up following a meeting between Trump, the FBI, and the General Services Administration (GSA) in 2018.
“He was directly involved with the decision to abandon the long-term relocation plan and instead move ahead [with the alternate plan],” Democrats accused in a message to GSA.
“He should not have played any role in a determination that bears directly on his own financial interests with the Trump Hotel,” the authors added.
After four years of review, however, Trump has been revealed to have had no involvement in the matter.
“Specifically, we found no evidence that, in making the decision to seek to have the new FBI headquarters remain at its current JEH site, Director [Christopher] Wray or others at the FBI considered the location of the then-named Trump International Hotel or how then-President Trump’s financial interests could be impacted by the decision,” the statement read. (Trending: Biden Completely Botches Iconic American Quote)
“I did not feel pressured. I did not feel bullied.”
“There was no pressure to go in a particular direction. There was no requirement to stay in the current location. The Director concluded that the President had a topic that was in his element, he knows building. He was excited and engaged about the topic,” the report continued.
“There was nothing inappropriate or improper. The President said go forth and make plans,” the report ended.
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