FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey announces he is leaving his post, roughly a year after joining the bureau leadership team. Multiple outlets report that Bailey publicly states the decision in a post on the social platform X, and that his resignation will end his tenure after a little more than a year.
Context provided by the outlets identifies Bailey as one of the FBI’s senior leadership figures, serving under FBI Director Kash Patel as part of a small top-management team. The reports also note that Bailey previously worked as Missouri attorney general before joining the Trump administration. In his announcement, Bailey thanks President Donald Trump, Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Patel for the opportunity to serve. One outlet additionally reports that Bailey says he is leaving to return to his family, while other coverage focuses more on the timeline and his acknowledgments in the message.
