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Politics● LowSep 28 · Sep 28, 2026, 5:26 PM

FBI deputy chief Andrew Bailey to resign after a little more than a year with agency

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · North America

Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI’s two deputy directors, said on Monday he is resigning his position, leaving the most prominent US law enforcement agency after a little more than a ‌year. Bailey, a Republican ally of US President Donald Trump who left his job as Missouri attorney general to join the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), said he was leaving to return to his family. Bailey, serving under FBI Director Kash Patel, helped oversee election-related investigations and was present earlier...

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