# Andrew Bailey **Status: stub — expand.** **Andrew Bailey** is a **co-Deputy Director of the [[FBI]]**, installed in August 2025 alongside [[Dan Bongino]] in an unusual dual-deputy arrangement. He came directly from elected office as **Attorney General of Missouri** (2023–2025), where he was among the most aggressive of the Republican state AGs in filing suits against the Biden administration and in defending the state's abortion ban — an unusual résumé for the Bureau's number-two operational post, which has historically gone to career agents. After Bongino's departure in January 2026, Bailey remained as one of two co-deputies, sharing the role with career counterterrorism official [[Christopher Raia]]. ## See also - [[FBI]] · [[Department of Justice]] · [[DOJ Component Tree]] - [[Kash Patel]] · [[Dan Bongino]] · [[Christopher Raia]]