Andrew Bailey, No. 2 at FBI, resigns in latest shake-up at bureau

FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey announced Monday that he is resigning, becoming the latest senior official to depart the bureau amid a series of leadership changes under the Trump administration. Bailey, the former attorney general of Missouri, was installed in the No. 2 post at the Federal Bureau of Investigation roughly a year ago and has been characterized as a conservative firebrand within the administration. He has also lent support to debunked claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, according to The Washington Post.

In a note to FBI staff, Bailey said he was stepping down in order to spend more time with his family. That explanation was confirmed by three individuals with knowledge of the personnel decision, who spoke anonymously because they were not cleared to discuss the matter publicly.

During his roughly one year in the post, Bailey was photographed alongside then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as the two boarded a command vehicle in January, while the FBI carried out a seizure of ballots from the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia. His resignation adds to a string of other high-level departures at the bureau since Trump returned to office, part of a broader remaking of the FBI's senior leadership by the administration.

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