Kash Patel’s Right-Hand Man Leaves FBI

FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey said Monday he is stepping down after one year on the job, telling followers on X that he is returning to his family in Missouri. Bailey, a father of four who served as Missouri's Republican attorney general from January 2023 until September 2025 before joining the Bureau, thanked President Donald Trump, Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel for the opportunity to serve, crediting the administration with what he called historic results in making America safer. He said Patel would carry forward reforms, take on violent crime, protect the homeland and rebuild confidence in the Bureau. His resignation takes effect Oct. 2, according to two unnamed sources who spoke with Bloomberg Law. Patel posted his own tribute, crediting Bailey with helping restore the FBI's core mission and calling his contributions to the Bureau's reforms a lasting success. He said Bailey's leadership would be missed and thanked him for his dedication to the mission. The New York Times reported, citing multiple unnamed sources, that the working relationship between Patel and Bailey was often difficult, with the two sometimes going extended stretches without speaking. As of publication, the Bureau had not responded to an inquiry from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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