Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will serve as a co-deputy director of the FBI, alongside Deputy Director Dan Bongino. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Bailey, as Missouri’s attorney general, launched an anti-human trafficking task force and addressed more than 1,100 reported incidents in Missouri. He also cleared the backlog of Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence (SAFE) kits to improve prosecution of sexual assault cases.
Bailey’s office also defended the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department in civil litigation and has consistently advocated for law enforcement. Bailey was endorsed by the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police.
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Bailey’s office also reported a 133% increase in trial court-level criminal prosecutions.
Bailey also has held public officials accountable during his time as attorney general. He demanded the resignation of a sheriff for financial mismanagement and misconduct, and, separately, announced a grand jury indictment against a St. Louis county executive for stealing and election law violations.
FBI Director Kash Patel with Attorney General Pam Bondi are bringing on Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as an additional deputy director of the bureau. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The FBI, under Patel’s leadership, already has seen 19,000 arrests nationwide — that’s double the arrests made in all of 2024.
Of those, 1,600 individuals have been arrested for violent crimes against children — including 270 arrests for human traffickers, according to the FBI. One thousand have been arrested from investigations of foreign terrorist organizations, and three of the "Top 10 Most Wanted" have been arrested in 2025.
Patel’s FBI has rescued 4,000 child victims — a 33% increase from 2025; seized 1,500 kilos of fentanyl; and seized 6,300 kilos of methamphetamines.
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A senior official told Fox News Digital that the murder rate is currently on track to be the lowest ever recorded in history.
Dan Bongino getting sworn in to serve as the deputy director of the FBI under Director Kash Patel. (@FBIDDBongino on X)
"President Trump wants to see America quickly become the safest country in the world, and he has put together the best law and order focused team in the business to accomplish that goal," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital.
The addition of Bailey comes amid the expanding nature of Trump's law and order agenda. As for the federal takeover of Washington, D.C., Bondi is in charge, and the FBI is playing a large role.
Bondi, on Friday, announced there have been nearly 200 arrests "and counting" in the nation's capital, including those of murder suspects and illegal gun offenders, since the Trump administration federalized the city to tackle crime.
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Among those arrested were two homicide suspects, 17 suspected drug traffickers, 39 suspected illegal gun offenders and two sexual predators, according to Bondi.
Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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