Geoff Hilliers

Director Geoff Hilliers was the Director of the FBI, and former Acting Director of the CIA, Attorney General of the United States, Secretary of Transportation, Ambassador, Judge, and Attorney. Hilliers was nominated by President Trump to replace resigning FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, this nomination continued into Administration of Joe Biden and he was appointed by the Senate on February 17th, 2021. His 10 year term as FBI Director soon came to a swift close however, as Hilliers was killed in the Las Vegas Strip Bombings on March 8th, 2021. The FBI Investigation of the bombings later concluded the he was one of the major targets of the bombing. He is the namesake of the new FBI Headquarters, Geoff J. Hilliers Building.

FBI Director
Hilliers’ was nominated to replace Christoper A. Wray by Donald Trump in late December, after Donald Trump left office on January 20th Hilliers’ nomination continued into the Biden Administration. He was officially confirmed by the Senate on February 17th, 2021.

His goals of his term were moving FBI Headquarters, increasing recruitment, and diversification of the FBI. Hillier’s made his first and only appointment two days into his term after the Executive Assistant Director for National Security, Melissa Hopkins retired on her 57th Birthday, he appointed Assistant Director-in-Charge, Thomas Grey to the position. His only major change to the Bureau was the lowering of drug standards for recruitment, before agents had to be completely clean for their entire life, Hillier’s lowered this to be for the past 3 years. This allowed for a lot more qualified candidates to be admitted to the FBI Academy.

Hillier’s first public appearance as FBI Director was in Las Vegas, he was unveiling the new FBI National Criminology Center, at the Benjamin L. Massey Building in Paradise, Nevada.