Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will serve as the FBI's co-deputy director, alongside the law enforcement agency's current second-in-command, Dan Bongino.

Bailey, appointed in 2022 by former Gov. Mike Parson, is the third Missouri Attorney General in six years to leave for a position in Washington, D.C.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will resign next month to serve as co-deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, signifying the Missouri litigator’s rapid ascent in President Donald Trump’s political orbit.