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Federal judge blocks Patel’s attempt to move FBI HQ to Reagan building
The Washington Times ^ | Monday, August 17, 2026 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 08/17/2026 6:51:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

A federal judge blocked FBI Director Kash Patel’s attempt to move his bureau’s headquarters down the street to the Ronald Reagan Building, saying he broke laws governing site selection.

Judge Theodore Chuang, an Obama appointee, sided with Maryland and Prince George’s County, which had been the leading location for the future HQ site until Mr. Patel decided to keep it inside the District.

Judge Chuang said the order restores the plans to build in Greenbelt, just over the Maryland-D.C. line — though he pointed out that Congress has yet to give final approval to that location.

He said Congress controls federal property and wrote laws governing the site selection process, settling on final potential locations in Maryland and Virginia.

Mr. Patel’s attempt to stay inside Washington broke those laws.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: apu; foreigner; judgeblockstrump; podcaster; shutupkash; shutyourholetroll; theodorechuang

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1 posted on 08/17/2026 6:51:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Roberts: We Don’t Have Obama Judges or Trump Judges

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/supreme-court/roberts-we-dont-have-obama-judges-or-trump-judges/


2 posted on 08/17/2026 6:53:57 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Totally un-F’n believable as to what Robert’s minions are capable of inserting themselves into while they have a Yuge backlog of other issues to attend to.


3 posted on 08/17/2026 6:54:39 PM PDT by Paladin2 (.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Pretty sure Congress doesn’t need any help reigning in the Executive branch. Just another political judgement.


4 posted on 08/17/2026 6:55:42 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Libloather

“And while Roberts’s call for us to all be thankful for an independent judiciary might seem a bit forced this holiday season, maybe just being thankful for the courts’ inherently un-partisan adherence to civil procedure and precedent.”

TOTAL BS...[much like Traitor Roberts...]


5 posted on 08/17/2026 6:57:02 PM PDT by Paladin2 (.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Judge fell for it!

“don’t throw me into that briar patch!”


6 posted on 08/17/2026 6:57:39 PM PDT by subterfuge (What happened to my tagline?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

FBI Director K. Patel has kept a relatively low profile for the past few months. I’m very happy about that.


7 posted on 08/17/2026 6:59:26 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: MinorityRepublican
Screw the Federal Judge. Call Two Men And A Truck and make them stop you.
8 posted on 08/17/2026 7:00:39 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Congress can control all the property they want.

FBI is Executive Branch.


9 posted on 08/17/2026 7:00:43 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Theodore Chuang
10 posted on 08/17/2026 7:00:49 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: Libloather

wouldn’t want KaSH FINDING some more of those ‘secret’ rooms,


11 posted on 08/17/2026 7:01:12 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Sailing the Sea of Ignorance on a Ship named Free Republic)
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To: MinorityRepublican; bitt; little jeremiah

Judge Theodore Chuang, an Obama appointee,

Xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Can this black robe speak English?

What country did he immigrate in from?
Does his spouse or any member of his family benefit directly or indirectly from any PAC, legal firm or consulting firm or NGO


12 posted on 08/17/2026 7:02:55 PM PDT by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Only suckers ‘follow the law’ now. Ever, from the top to the induvial. It’s 1984 level all over.


13 posted on 08/17/2026 7:06:39 PM PDT by Polanski
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To: thinden
"Chuang" !!!!

The whole judiciary is foreigners. Un-EFFFING-believable!

14 posted on 08/17/2026 7:07:19 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why have a President and executive branch if judges are the final arbiters of all executive branch decisions?


15 posted on 08/17/2026 7:07:23 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh please this one is silly. He’s going to make them build a huge structure somewhere else when they already have a place to move into?


16 posted on 08/17/2026 7:28:38 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Mr. Patel, move your offices where you damn well want. Will that Judge send officers to prevent it? I think not.


17 posted on 08/17/2026 7:33:57 PM PDT by healy61
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To: thinden

Born in Pennsylvania to Taiwanese immigrant parents.
Harvard Law graduate. Previous major rulings against Trump have been overturned.


18 posted on 08/17/2026 7:35:25 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m all for putting the FBI in Prince George’s County, although Suitland would be better than Greenbelt. Either way, they’ll have to be on their toes at all times. That said, what with the local contractors and DEI workers, the new building won’t last long.


19 posted on 08/17/2026 7:36:28 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals. )
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To: Williams

This one will be also!


20 posted on 08/17/2026 7:42:01 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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