The Breitbart Embassy’s uses “appear to violate the D.C. zoning regulations applicable to that location.”

That would given it access to the Capitol on par with congressional staff and allow its reporters to participate in White House “pools,” providing coverage of events to the rest of the press corps when space is limited.

But membership in that club requires a level of transparency Breitbart News has long shunned. The office location is the first hurdle. Breitbart News has declared the Breitbart Embassy as its office address, but that’s not really true. The Embassy is still the official address of Breitbart’s Washington Bureau, but “since the summer we have been transitioning people out of the house,” said spokesman Chad Wilkinson.

One of the reasons for the move was security, he said: “Some of our employees just weren’t comfortable working at a Breitbart office there.”

Sometime this spring, Breitbart will have a regular office in downtown D.C., Wilkinson predicted. Meanwhile, most of the staff are telecommuting.

The Embassy is in a residential neighborhood where it is generally

PAUL SINGER, USA TODAY This townhouse behind the Supreme Court has served as the Breitbart News Washington Bureau, but the site is moving to new offices soon.