services administration traces a series of meetings in which the plan was pushed aside from the trump administration making claims that keeping it downtown would be cheaper. we show that the math is wrong. meanwhile press secretary sara sanders insists the president wanted to save the government money and also the leadership did not want to move the headquarters. skeptics, however, suspect a hidden motive. for years donald trump had been all for freeing up that fbi land downtown for private development with his brand new hotel close by, even talking about getting in on the action. but congressional democrats in a letter to the gsa says something important changed. after he sworn in as president and became ineligible to obtain the property, he reportedly became dead opposed to the government selling the property i would would have allowed commercial developers to compete
i build buildings. reporter: a study by the inspector general of the general services administration traces a series of meetings in which the suburban plan was pushed aside by the trump administration amid claims keeping the headquarters downtown would be cheaper. the report shows team trump s math is wrong. nonetheless, press secretary sarah sanders insists the president wanted to save the government money and also the fbi leadership did not want to move its headquarters. skeptics, however, suspect a hidden motive. for years, donald trump had been all for freeing up that fbi land downtown for private development, with his brand-new hotel close by, even talking about getting in on the action. but congressional democrats in a letter to the gsa say something important changed. after he was sworn in as president and became ineligible as a federal employee to obtain the property, he reportedly became dead opposed to the government selling the property, which would have allowed
dollars, but now a different plan is calling for the fbi s center to be rebuilt right where it is, even though it would be smaller than the suburban alternative, likely have security risks and be more expensive, $3.8 billion, so who came up with that? i m a real estate guy. i build buildings. reporter: a study by the inspector general of the general services administration traces a series of meetings in which the suburban plan was pushed aside by the trump administration amid claims that keeping the headquarters downtown would be cheaper. the ig report shows team trump s math is wrong though press secretary sarah sanders insists the president wanted to save the government money and also the fbi leadership did not want to move its headquarters. skeptics, however, suspect a hidden motive. for years donald trump had been all for freeing up that fbi land downtown for private