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EXCLUSIVE: Lawyer Common Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel are bringing on Missouri Lawyer Common Andrew Bailey as an extra deputy director of the bureau, Fox Information Digital has realized.
Bailey will function a co-deputy director, alongside Deputy Director Dan Bongino, Fox Information Digital has realized.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Andrew Bailey as Co-Deputy Director of the FBI,” Bondi instructed Fox Information Digital. “He has served as a distinguished state lawyer normal and is a embellished conflict veteran, bringing experience and dedication to service. His management and dedication to nation might be an incredible asset as we work collectively to advance President Trump’s mission.”
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“The FBI, because the main investigative physique of the federal authorities beneath the Division of Justice, will at all times convey the best expertise this nation has to supply to be able to accomplish the targets set forth when an amazing majority of American individuals elected President Donald J. Trump once more,” Patel instructed Fox Information Digital, including that Bailey might be an “integral a part of this necessary mission” and mentioned he appears ahead to “the continued combat to save lots of America collectively.”
Missouri Lawyer Common Andrew Bailey will function a co-deputy director of the FBI, alongside Deputy Director Dan Bongino. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Pictures)
Bailey, as Missouri’s lawyer normal, launched an anti-human trafficking activity power and addressed greater than 1,100 reported incidents in Missouri. He additionally cleared the backlog of Sexual Assault Forensic Proof (SAFE) kits to enhance prosecution of sexual assault circumstances.
Bailey’s workplace additionally defended the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Division in civil litigation and has constantly advocated for regulation enforcement. Bailey was endorsed by the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police.
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Bailey’s workplace additionally reported a 133% improve in trial court-level prison prosecutions.
Bailey additionally has held public officers accountable throughout his time as lawyer normal. He demanded the resignation of a sheriff for monetary mismanagement and misconduct, and, individually, introduced a grand jury indictment towards a St. Louis county government for stealing and election regulation violations.
Lawyer Common Pam Bondi speaks throughout a information convention on the DEA headquarters on July 15, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Pictures)
“I’m eternally grateful for the chance to function the Co-Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” Bailey instructed Fox Information Digital. “I prolong my deepest gratitude to President Trump, U.S. Lawyer Common Bondi and Director Patel for the privilege to affix of their acknowledged mission to Make America Protected Once more.”
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A senior administration official instructed Fox Information Digital that President Donald Trump “desires to see unhealthy guys prosecuted, illegals deported, and corrupt politicians held accountable.”
“We want all arms on deck to perform all of those necessary targets,” the official mentioned. “Andrew Bailey will function one other set of credible, skilled arms to assist Lawyer Common Bondi and FBI Director Patel perform the President’s mission.”
FBI Director Kash Patel with Lawyer Common Pam Bondi are bringing on Missouri Lawyer Common Andrew Bailey as an extra deputy director of the bureau. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures)
The FBI, beneath Patel’s management, already has seen 19,000 arrests nationwide — that’s double the arrests made in all of 2024.
Of these, 1,600 people have been arrested for violent crimes towards youngsters — together with 270 arrests for human traffickers, in keeping with the FBI. One thousand have been arrested from investigations of international terrorist organizations, and three of the “High 10 Most Needed” have been arrested in 2025.
Patel’s FBI has rescued 4,000 baby victims — a 33% improve from 2025; seized 1,500 kilos of fentanyl; and seized 6,300 kilos of methamphetamines.
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A senior official instructed Fox Information Digital that the homicide fee is presently on monitor to be the bottom ever recorded in historical past.
Dan Bongino getting sworn in to function the deputy director of the FBI beneath Director Kash Patel. (@FBIDDBongino on X)
“President Trump desires to see America rapidly grow to be the most secure nation on this planet, and he has put collectively the very best regulation and order centered group within the enterprise to perform that aim,” White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt instructed Fox Information Digital.
The addition of Bailey comes amid the increasing nature of Trump’s regulation and order agenda. As for the federal takeover of Washington, D.C., Bondi is in cost, and the FBI is taking part in a big position.
Bondi, on Friday, introduced there have been almost 200 arrests “and counting” within the nation’s capital, together with these of homicide suspects and unlawful gun offenders, because the Trump administration federalized the town to sort out crime.
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Amongst these arrested had been two murder suspects, 17 suspected drug traffickers, 39 suspected unlawful gun offenders and two sexual predators, in keeping with Bondi.
Fox Information Digital’s Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
