Missouri's attorney general is resigning to take a leadership position with the FBI. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey says Monday that he is resigning effective Sept. 8 and will serve as co-deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Trump administration has named Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to a new post of co-deputy director of the FBI alongside Dan Bongino. Bongino, who shared the report on X with the caption "Welcome,

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.

Gov. Kehoe appoints Catherine Hanaway as the first women Missouri Attorney General. She replaces Andrew Bailey as he heads to Washington, DC, to serve as co-deputy director of the FBI. Hanaway was a U.S. district prosecutor near St. Louis #moleg pic.twitter.com/Ne8ukHnbeU

Bailey, appointed in 2022 by former Gov. Mike Parson, is the third Missouri Attorney General in six years to leave for a position in Washington, D.C.

Missouri has another attorney general. Governor Mike Kehoe tapped former prosecutor Catherine Hannaway to the position. Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced he will take a position as the co-deputy FBI director in September.

Bailey's departure as attorney general provides an opportunity for Gov. Mike Kehoe to fill his first statewide office vacancy. He's scheduled to announce Bailey's replacement Tuesday morning.