Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Tapped as Co-deputy FBI Director

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has named Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as a co-deputy director of the FBI, where he will work alongside Dan Bongino.
Bailey will step down from his current post to take on the new role, with his resignation taking effect on Sept. 8, according to a statement from his office.
In announcing his acceptance of the new role, Bailey described his time as the state’s attorney general as “a humbling privilege.”
“My life has been defined by a call to service, and I am once again answering that call, this time at the national level. But wherever I am called, Missouri is and always will be home,” he stated….