Federal Bureau of Investigation co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey is resigning from the bureau to spend time together with his household, he introduced in a submit on social media.
“With nice delight in what we’ve achieved, I’m asserting that I’m stepping right down to return to my household in Missouri,” Bailey mentioned. “I’m assured Director [Kash] Patel will proceed to reform the FBI, fight violent crime, defend the homeland, guarantee robust organizational accountability, and restore public belief on this establishment of excellence.”
Bailey was attorney general of Missouri earlier than taking the FBI submit final yr. The co-deputy director place was a primary within the bureau’s historical past. Bailey served first with former Secret Service agent and podcaster Dan Bongino, after which with Christopher Raia after Bongino resigned.
FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey stands on the Fulton County Election HUB, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union Metropolis, Ga., close to Atlanta.
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He thanked President Donald Trump, Legal professional Normal Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel for the chance.
The association was ill-defined at instances, in line with sources, and it is unclear if Raia would be the sole No. 2 on the company now that Bailey has departed.
“I wish to thank Andrew Bailey for his devoted service to return the FBI to its core mission and fulfill President Trump’s promise to make America secure once more,” Patel mentioned in a social media submit.
Bailey helped lead election integrity investigations on the FBI, together with exhibiting up with then-Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard final January on the raid of the Fulton County, Georgia, election workplace, through which ballots and different paperwork associated to the 2020 election had been seized.
A federal choose in Might denied Fulton County officers’ request to power the FBI to return a whole bunch of bins of ballots from the 2020 election that had been seized earlier this year.
On the time, Gabbard’s function within the raid was questioned over why the DNI — who offers with international intelligence threats — was getting concerned in home regulation enforcement.
As Missouri AG, Bailey led an effort that ended with a consent decree barring social media firms from censoring protected speech and filed a variety of lawsuits towards the Biden administration over points similar to transgender athletes and immigration and demanded that the Justice Department provide documents and communications concerning investigations into Trump.
