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NEW: Rep. Matt Gaetz makes a stand, denying the FBI a luxurious $300M for a new HQ

“… they're literally asking for something that is larger than the Pentagon,” Gaetz stated. His refusal is grounded in the agency’s track record of launching investigations into citizens’ protected speech.

Gaetz draws a bold line connecting the FBI’s tarnished actions against free speech with its request for taxpayer dollars:

“We've seen consistent abuses of American Civil Liberties, and to take tax money away from our fellow Americans who are who are the victims at times of these abuses, and then build a new center for the FBI seems deeply unwise to me.”

After an opposing view stating that the current building is “crumbling,” Gaetz responds:

“… it is not my grave concern that the FBI is building is crumbling. It is my grave concern that the civil liberties of Americans are crumbling.”