Andrew Bailey is stepping down as co-deputy director of the FBI after about a year sharing the bureau's number two job under Director Kash Patel, according to multiple people familiar with the decision.
Bailey, a staunch Donald Trump ally who previously served as Missouri's Republican attorney general, told colleagues Monday that he was leaving to spend more time with his family, the sources told Bloomberg Law News.
Two of his colleagues said his resignation takes effect Oct. 2. All of the sources asked for anonymity to discuss an internal personnel matter.
The exit caps a turbulent stretch for Bailey, whom the White House had at one point floated as a possible successor to Patel.
"Sources say he was frustrated about not being named director as was once floated," wrote MS NOW reporter Carol Leonnig on X.
Bailey's resignation comes just three days after the FBI reassigned two senior counterterrorism supervisors over their handling of an investigation into allegedly harassing phone calls to Katie Miller, whose husband, Stephen Miller, is one of President Donald Trump's most senior aides.
That shake-up is the latest in a long series of firings and forced exits under Patel. Numerous agents and longtime FBI officials have been fired or pushed out after working on cases that angered the White House.
Bailey had split the deputy director post with Christopher Raia, who previously led the FBI's New York field office and then replaced Dan Bongino, the administration's first pick for the job, after the former conservative podcaster left the bureau in January.
Bailey, who had been overseeing election-related matters, is the second person to leave the deputy director role in less than a year.
The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
