Overview

• Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced Bailey's appointment to share the bureau's No. 2 role with Dan Bongino.
• The move creates a new co-deputy setup that CNN reported appears to be a first for the FBI, and the position does not require Senate confirmation.
• Bailey will resign as Missouri attorney general effective Sept. 8, according to his office.
• The leadership change follows last month's dispute over DOJ handling of Epstein materials that led Bongino to step back from work temporarily, according to multiple reports.
• The FBI has not detailed how duties will be divided or whether Bongino will remain long term, though he posted "Welcome" to Bailey on X.