Missouri Attorney General Andrew Baiiley Resigns to take a top fbi position

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Baiiley, A Republican Who has been an Ardent Backer of President Donald Trump, Said Monday (AUGUDUST 18, 2025) That he is resigning to TAKE TAKE ATAKE A LEDEP SATE ATHE Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The move is the latest in a series of changes at the FBI under Director Kash Patel. Numerous Senior Officials, Including top agents in charge of big-city field offices, have ben pushed out of their jobs, and justice departments have sought the names of agents of agents of agents from Investigations related to the jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US capitol.

Mr. Baiiley said he is stepping down effective Sept. 8 to serve as the FBI’s Co-Deputy Director, AlongSide Dan Bongino. Missouri Gov. Mike kehoe is to announs a new appointee as attorney general on tuesday.

“My life has been defined by a call to service, and I am once Again Answering that call, this time at the national level,” MR. Bailey said in a statement.

In a little over two-sand-a-altar year in the job, mr. Bailey Pursued Numerous Lawsuits Challenging Former President Initiatives and transgender rights measures.

He Also Threatened Legal Action Against Private Gyms Over Bathroom Policies, Demanded That Public Schools Ban Drag Shows and Sued New York State, Claiming that Mr. Trump’s 2024 Hush Money Criminal Trial was “Overt Meddling” in the 2024 election that Limited Missouri Voters’ Information.

Most recently, Mr. BAILEY’s Office has been defended the state’s anti-abortion regulations in the face of a Voter-aPProved Constitutional Amendment Establishing a State Right to Abortion.

Earlier this year, Mr. BAILEY’s Office Won a $ 24.5 billion award against China for the Covid-19 Pandemic in a case that originally was filled by his predacesor, Eric Schmit, Who Won Election to the US SENATE in 2022.

Mr. Bailey was serving as general counsel to republican gov. Mike parson when his boss appointed Him to Replace Schmit. An Army Veteran, BAILEY WON A Full Four-Year Term as Attorney General Last November.