A federal court has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to move the planned FBI headquarters from Greenbelt to the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., a decision praised by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony G. Brown.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled in favor of Maryland and Prince George’s County, striking down the administration’s decision to relocate the headquarters and its effort to redirect $555 million toward the Reagan Building.
The court permanently blocked the administration from taking actions to facilitate or advance the relocation to the Reagan Building and from disbursing funds in support of the proposed move.
“President Trump tried to take from Maryland what Maryland had already won. He failed,” Moore said.
“From the beginning, we said the decision to move the FBI headquarters to Greenbelt was final, earned, and the Trump Administration’s attempt to overturn it was illegal and wrong for our national security,” Moore continued. “Today, the court agreed.”
Moore thanked members of “Team Maryland,” specifically Congressman Steny Hoyer, and called for work to move forward on the Greenbelt headquarters.
“Now it is time to stop the games and get to work building the world-class FBI headquarters that our public servants deserve, where it belongs: in Prince George’s County, Maryland,” Moore said.
Brown also praised the ruling, saying it clears a path for the project to return to Greenbelt.
“Maryland and Prince George’s County committed more than a decade of work to earn the FBI headquarters and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars,” Brown said. “By blocking the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempt to move the FBI to the Reagan Building and divert the funds Congress set aside for this project, the Court has cleared the path back to Greenbelt.”
Brown and Prince George’s County filed the lawsuit in November 2025 seeking to stop the proposed relocation and prevent the diversion of more than $1 billion in congressionally appropriated funding.
“This victory is about more than a building,” Brown said. “It is about ensuring that when Congress makes a decision, the Federal Government cannot simply ignore it because they do not like the outcome.”
The Greenbelt site had previously been selected for the new FBI headquarters following a years-long federal selection process.
