Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) issued a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump after the president said he would block Maryland from hosting the FBI’s headquarters. Greenbelt, Maryland, was selected as the site for the new FBI headquarters in November 2023 under the Biden administration,

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is no fan of President Donald Trump’s plan to build the new FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C ., instead of in his state. In a social media post Saturday, Moore touted the 61-acre site promised to Greenbelt in 2023 as “build ready” and criticized Trump for “turning this into a partisan issue.

Greenbelt was selected as the site in November 2023 after a lengthy process which also considered Landover and Springfield, Virginia as the site for the new headquarters.

Maryland Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks voted against the bill. Alsobrooks said in a statement ahead of the vote that support for the bill would mean supporting Trump’s agenda. “To allow the President to continue what he’s doing would be in direct contradiction with my mandate — to fight for Marylanders,

President Donald Trump threw cold water on the plans to build a new FBI headquarters in Maryland during a speech at the Justice Department on Friday, adding new uncertainty into a contentious and yearslong issue for lawmakers.