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Andrew Bailey (politician)

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Andrew Bailey (politician)

Andrew Bailey (born 1981) is an American attorney and politician who has served as Co-Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, since September 2025. A Republican, he served as Missouri Attorney General from 2023 to 2025. During his tenure as attorney general, Bailey adopted hardline conservative positions. He refused to release prisoners after overturned convictions, attempted unsuccessfully to restrict gender-affirming care, battled initiatives that restored access to abortion in Missouri, and staunchly defended Donald Trump over his legal problems. Bailey was announced as Co-Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on August 18, 2025 and was sworn on September 15, 2025.

Infobox

President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
Eric Schmitt
Governor
Mike ParsonMike Kehoe
Succeeded by
Catherine Hanaway
Born
1981 (age 43–44)
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Jessica Bailey
Children
4
Education
University of Missouri (BA, JD)
Branch
United States Army
Conflict
Iraq War
Party
Republican

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Preceded byEric Schmitt
Preceded byEric Schmitt
Party political offices
Preceded byEric Schmitt
Party political offices
Republican nominee for Attorney General of Missouri 2024
Party political offices
Most recent
Legal offices
Legal offices
Party political offices
Legal offices
Preceded byEric Schmitt
Preceded byEric Schmitt
Party political offices
Preceded byEric Schmitt
Party political offices
Attorney General of Missouri 2023–2025
Party political offices
Succeeded byCatherine Hanaway
Government offices
Government offices
Party political offices
Government offices
Preceded byDan Bonginoas sole Deputy Director
Preceded byDan Bonginoas sole Deputy Director
Party political offices
Preceded byDan Bonginoas sole Deputy Director
Party political offices
Co-Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2025–present Served alongside: Dan Bongino
Party political offices
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded byEric Schmitt
Republican nominee for Attorney General of Missouri 2024
Most recent
Legal offices
Preceded byEric Schmitt
Attorney General of Missouri 2023–2025
Succeeded byCatherine Hanaway
Government offices
Preceded byDan Bonginoas sole Deputy Director
Co-Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2025–present Served alongside: Dan Bongino
Incumbent

References

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    https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/469153/Andrew_Tyler_Bailey.html
  2. Kansas City Star
    https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article278727789.html
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  4. Madison County Journal
    https://onlinemadison.com/stories/gluckstadt-parents-proud-of-ag-appointment,47825
  5. Andrew Bailey Sworn In as Missouri's 44th Attorney General (press release) (January 9, 2023).
    https://ago.mo.gov/andrew-bailey-sworn-in-as-missouri-s-44th-attorney-general/
  6. Kacen Bayless, Missouri's unelected AG has taken aggressive steps to expand power. Has he gone too far?, Kansas City Sta
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  7. STLPR
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  10. Associated Press
    https://apnews.com/article/missouri-sandra-hemme-conviction-overturned-killing-3cb4c9ae74b2e95cb076636d52453228
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    https://apnews.com/article/sandra-hemme-conviction-overturned-56831edcb2aa99b0430c0dbf0408dc5d
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  14. cnn
    https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/23/us/marcellus-williams-missouri-supreme-court-hearing/index.html
  15. nbcnews
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  18. Missouri Independent
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  19. Anna Betts, Missouri Supreme Court Allows Abortion Ballot Initiative to Move Ahead, New York Times (July 20, 2023).
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/us/missouri-abortion-ballot-initiative.html
  20. Kansas City Star
    https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article277506263.html
  21. FOX 2
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  22. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2024/02/29/missouri-attorney-general-andrew-bailey-lawsuit-planned-parenthood-project-veritas/
  23. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2025/04/29/attorney-general-andrew-bailey-demands-records-from-missouri-abortion-nonprofit/
  24. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2024/10/22/missouri-mifepristone-lawsuit-andrew-bailey-teen-pregnancy/
  25. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2024/05/02/missouri-ag-will-defend-senators-sued-for-defamation-over-posts-about-chiefs-parade-shooting/
  26. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2025/02/27/disability-advocates-rally-in-capitol-as-lawsuit-involving-missouri-ag-sparks-fear-confusion/
  27. First Alert 4 (KMOV)
    https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/03/26/attorney-hazelwood-school-district-responds-ag-baileys-investigation/
  28. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/hazelwood-schools-files-ethics-complaint-against-ag-bailey-over-dei-investigation/article_518f7ca0-07d2-11ef-a43d-9f3e0e63bf97.html
  29. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-baileys-bullying-finally-gets-push-back-his-other-victims-should-follow-suit/article_1c409cfe-097c-11ef-864e-63cd94b5a462.html
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    https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article272846365.html
  31. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/federal-appeals-court-declares-missouris-second-amendment-preservation-act-unconstitutional/
  32. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2023/08/29/suit-targets-gun-initiative-over-missouri-ag-claim-it-would-spike-rape-and-murder-cost-millions/
  33. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    https://stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-ag-withdraws-from-gambling-case-after-taking-donations-from-other-side/article_c8fbe3ec-e379-11ed-821a-bb8d6994802d.html
  34. Missouri Attorney General Town Hall Springfield Elad Gross Trump Attorney Will Scharf Andrew Bailey
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUw1VE8U9Vw
  35. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2023/10/02/gaming-parlors-are-popping-up-across-missouri-a-judge-will-determine-if-they-are-illegal/
  36. STLPR
    https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2023-12-18/elon-musks-fight-against-media-matters-gets-backup-from-missouri-attorney-general
  37. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2024/06/26/scotus-rejects-suit-alleging-federal-government-bullied-social-media-into-censoring-content/
  38. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2025/02/12/missouri-ag-faces-pushback-from-lawmakers-over-3m-budget-increase-starbucks-lawsuit/
  39. POLITICO
    https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/17/student-loan-bidens-debt-relief-plan-00074197
  40. ABC News
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-case-biden-student-debt-relief-hinge/story?id=97445430
  41. Roosevelt Institute
    https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/the-suit-against-student-debt-relief-doesnt-add-up/
  42. Associated Press
    https://apnews.com/article/transgender-gender-affirming-care-restrictions-missouri-4def2189dac9979a00d298efb3baf12a
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    https://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/13/emergency-rule-seeks-to-limit-access-to-certain-procedures-for-transgender-missourians/
  44. Gizmodo
    https://gizmodo.com/missouri-trans-gender-affirming-care-ban-adults-order-1850337858
  45. St. Louis Public Radio
    https://news.stlpublicradio.org/2023-05-16/missouri-attorney-general-withdraws-rule-limiting-trans-care-for-children-and-adults
  46. FOX 2
    https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/missouri-ag-urges-kansas-city-police-to-enforce-transgender-care-restrictions-law/
  47. Hospital sues Missouri's top prosecutor over trans care data, Associated Press (April 15, 2023).
    https://apnews.com/article/transgender-care-missouri-attorney-general-hospital-lawsuit-217e78b46cfd50432c97e3cc759f9717
  48. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/2024/07/08/judge-rules-missouri-ag-has-no-right-to-medical-records-of-transgender-minors-at-wash-u/
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    https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2023-03-31/missouri-republicans-denounce-indictment-of-donald-trump-over-hush-money-payments
  50. Kansas City Star
    https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article273827300.html
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    https://ago.mo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023.12.20-855am-FINAL-States-Brief-in-USA-v-Trump.pdf
  52. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/21/missouri-ag-ny-lawsuit-trump
  53. The Hill
    https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4753747-missouri-sues-new-york-trump-conviction/mlite/
  54. Supreme Court of the United States
    https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O159/316542/20240709121740886_2024-7-3%20-%20MO%20v.%20NY%20PI%20motion.pdf
  55. The Hill
    https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4791625-ny-supreme-court-block-trump-sentence/
  56. "Supreme Court shuts down Missouri's long shot push to lift Trump's gag order in hush-money case"
    https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-donald-trump-hush-money-new-york-missouri-0ac6c30ebafb50e8652ca6be6109e32b
  57. STLtoday.com
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bailey-begins-fundraising-for-missouri-attorney-general-campaign-with-help-from-lobbyist/article_47d322b1-28f3-5211-81b2-626c480a0b5b.html
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    https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/gop-rivals-in-missouri-attorney-general-race-draw-even-in-fundraising/
  59. Missouri Independent
    https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-before-missouri-attorney-general-could-be-questioned-under-oath/
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    https://archive.today/20241113223937/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/missouri-s-andrew-bailey-was-on-trump-s-short-list-for-ag-but-matt-gaetz/article_e1058606-a1c7-11ef-93dc-0329f0513301.html
  61. "Bondi, Patel tap Missouri AG as additional FBI co-deputy director alongside Bongino"
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-patel-tap-missouri-ag-additional-fbi-co-deputy-director-alongside-bongino
  62. "Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Announces Resignation In Order To Accept Federal Position"
    https://ago.mo.gov/missouri-attorney-general-andrew-bailey-announces-resignation-in-order-to-accept-federal-position/
  63. ago.mo.gov
    https://ago.mo.gov/about-us/about-ag-bailey
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