Patel Orders Beauty Makeover For “Dingy” FBI Office

CNN reports:

FBI Director Kash Patel walked into his new office on the seventh floor of the bureau’s headquarters last week and made an immediate order – he wanted new carpeting and window coverings, calling the office “dingy.”

Patel’s plans to remake the FBI go well beyond redecorating. He wants to overhaul the bureau in fundamental ways that could drastically realign its workforce and the scope of its mission. But like nearly every renovation project, it hasn’t all gone as planned.

Even before Patel arrived at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in downtown Washington as its newly confirmed director last Thursday, there was tension between Trump appointees and career officials at the bureau.

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“FBI Director Kash Patel walked into his new office on the seventh floor of the bureau’s headquarters last week and made an immediate order – he wanted new carpeting and window coverings, calling the office ‘dingy.’”

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— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) February 27, 2025