President Donald Trump appointed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as FBI co-deputy director alongside Dan Bongino on August 18, 2025. The move comes amid tensions over the Jeffrey Epstein files,

The move appears to diminish the authority of the current deputy director, Dan Bongino, whose tumultuous tenure has included a pitched argument over files related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Dan Bongino will soon be sharing duties as co-deputy director of the FBI with Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. The appointment by Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, which Fox News reported Monday,

Dan Bongino, former conservative radio host and current FBI Deputy Director, posted a vague but highly ominous statement Saturday about what he's learned during an internal investigation of corruption and "political weaponization" at federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies,

A review of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein has sparked a conflict between Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, sources say.