Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI director Kash Patel have appointed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to serve as bureau co-deputy director alongside Dan Bongino, Fox News Digital first reported on Monday and Axios can confirm. Between the lines ...

The FBI’s deputy director had sparred with Pam Bondi over the administration’s backtrack on the Epstein files.

The Justice Department said Monday that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, an ardent backer of President Donald Trump, had been appointed FBI co-deputy director. Bailey said he would resign as Missouri's top prosecutor to join conservative podcaster Dan Bongino in the bureau's No. 2 spot.

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.