Missouri will need a new attorney general for the third time in six years as Andrew Bailey announced on Monday that he plans to step down to become co-deputy director of the FBI... .
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney GeneralAndrew Bailey will resign next month to serve as a co-deputy director of the FBI, signifying the Missouri litigator’s rapid ascent in Trump’s political orbit ... .
The move appears to diminish the authority of the current deputy director, Dan Bongino, whose tumultuous tenure has included a pitched argument over files related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein... .
“As Missouri’s Attorney General, he took on the swamp, fought weaponized government and defended the Constitution...Bailey said in a statement that he accepted the role and would resign as Missouri attorney general Sept.