FBI deputy director Andrew Bailey announces resignation
Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI’s two deputy directors, says he is leaving the agency after slightly more than a year to return to his family. His departure comes as FBI Director Kash Patel leads an overhaul involving political allies and as federal authorities investigate election-related issues before the US midterm elections.
Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI’s two deputy directors, has announced that he is resigning after slightly more than a year with the US law-enforcement agency. Bailey, a Republican ally of President Donald Trump, said on Monday that he was leaving to return to his family. He joined the FBI after serving as Missouri attorney general and worked under FBI Director Kash Patel.
In a social-media statement, Bailey expressed confidence that Patel would continue reforming the bureau, fighting violent crime, defending the homeland, strengthening accountability and restoring public trust. The deputy director position oversees day-to-day law-enforcement operations. The post has traditionally been held by a career FBI official, but the Trump administration has installed political allies as it seeks to align the agency with its agenda.
Bailey initially served alongside Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and conservative podcaster who later left the bureau. Christopher Raia, a veteran FBI official, has more recently been part of a three-person leadership team with Bailey and Patel. Bailey was involved in election-related investigations and was present earlier this year when agents seized 2020 election ballots from Georgia.
The FBI has scrutinised election records in several states as the administration investigates voting by non-US citizens. The departure comes about five weeks before US midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. The source material says the FBI has not produced evidence supporting Trump’s false claim that widespread voter fraud caused his 2020 defeat.
Bailey joined the bureau after internal and political tensions surrounding the handling of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein.
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