Andrew Bailey stepping down
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The appointment marked a political homecoming of sorts for Hanaway, a former federal prosecutor, Missouri House speaker and candidate for governor.
Kehoe announced the pick less than a day after Bailey said he would resign next month to serve as co-deputy director of the FBI.
Bailey joins the FBI after Bongino nearly resigned from office following the justice department’s handling of the Epstein files.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is appealing an order from a Jackson County judge that currently prevents the state from enforcing numerous abortion regulations. But the state supreme court unanimously refused to take up his request.