Summary
Missouri Attorney Andrew Bailey has been appointed as a co-deputy director of the FBI alongside Dan Bongino. The appointment may indicate Bongino's eventual departure due to earlier disagreements. Bailey resigned as Missouri Attorney General to take up this new role.
Key Facts
- Andrew Bailey, Missouri Attorney, is now a co-deputy director of the FBI.
- Bailey will serve alongside current co-deputy director Dan Bongino.
- This change follows reports of Bongino's clashes with Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- The disagreements were related to the release of the Epstein files.
- Bailey announced his resignation as Missouri Attorney General online.
- FBI and Department of Justice representatives have not commented on the appointment.
