Andrew Bailey said he is leaving the position for family reasons and thanked FBI Director Kash Patel for the opportunity to serve.
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A former attorney general from Missouri who took a position with the FBI as a co-deputy director is stepping down, after about a year of being on the job.
Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey, a Republican who left his position as Missouri’s attorney general to join the FBI in 2025, wrote on social media that he was leaving the gig, according to a story by the Epoch Times.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we have delivered historic results in our mission to Make America Safe Again,” Bailey said in his X post. “With great pride in what we have accomplished, I am announcing that I am stepping down to return to my family in Missouri.”
On Monday morning, the decision was confirmed in an X post by Patel.
“I want to thank Andrew Bailey for his dedicated service to return the FBI to its core mission and fulfill President Trump’s promise to make America safe again,” Patel said in the post, adding that Bailey is “leaving the FBI in order to return to his family in Missouri.”
“His fantastic contribution instituting critical reforms which resulted in our historic success will live on,” Patel added. “Andrew’s leadership at the FBI will be missed but we are grateful he answered the call to serve! Thanks Andrew for your tremendous dedication to the mission of this FBI.”
When he was selected to the FBI position, Bailey worked alongside former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, who left the Trump administration earlier in 2026 to return to podcasting. Bongino was replaced by Christopher Raia, a former FBI special agent who became co-deputy director alongside Bailey.
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