Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, led by Kash Patel; asked for $10.1B for FY2026
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the U.S. Department of Justice's principal federal investigative agency, founded July 26, 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation and renamed in 1935; it is headquartered in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., and has authority over more than 200 categories of federal crimes. Kash Patel is its Director, and his House testimony on May 7, 2025 sought $10.1 billion in Salaries and Expenses funding for fiscal 2026. In the linked stories, the FBI arrested Washington, D.C. Councilmember Trayon White on August 18, 2024 before his federal bribery indictment alleging $156,000 in bribes, is investigating a former Fresno Arts Council employee over about $1.5 million in allegedly embezzled Measure P funds, and is reported to have investigated Nashville Metro Water Services official John Honeysucker. The Amy Lynn Bradley disappearance from a cruise ship in 1998 is reported to remain an open FBI case.
● confirmed by a primary document · ○ reported
● confirmed by a primary document · ○ reported
Roles
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- Statement of Kash Patel, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, before the House Appropriations CJS SubcommitteeDocumentcover
STATEMENT OF KASH PATEL DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Figures
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- Statement of Kash Patel, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, before the House Appropriations CJS SubcommitteeDocumentp. 1
The Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2026 budget request proposes a total of $10.1 billion in Salaries and Expenses funding to carry out the FBI’s national security, intelligence, criminal