{"id":8721,"date":"2026-02-16T05:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/andrew-bailey-led-the-georgia-election-raid-his-missouri-record-should-be-a-warning\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T05:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:50:25","slug":"andrew-bailey-led-the-georgia-election-raid-his-missouri-record-should-be-a-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/andrew-bailey-led-the-georgia-election-raid-his-missouri-record-should-be-a-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Bailey led the Georgia election raid. His Missouri record should be a warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks Jan. 20, 2023, to the Missouri chapter of the Federalist Society on the Missouri House of Representatives dais (Annelise Hanshaw\/Missouri Independent).<\/p>\n

When the FBI carried out its controversial raid last month at the election headquarters<\/a> of Fulton County, Georgia, it was already guaranteed to inflame partisan tensions.<\/p>\n

What made the episode more striking was the presence of Andrew Bailey.<\/p>\n

The former Missouri attorney general is now co-deputy director of the FBI. He traveled to Georgia to oversee an operation tied to claims about the 2020 election that have been repeatedly debunked and exhaustively litigated.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth pausing for a moment to say that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. He lost Georgia. The state conducted three statewide counts, including a hand recount, and still certified Joe Biden\u2019s victory. Some Trump allies who made sweeping fraud claims about Georgia have since recanted, often under oath or under legal pressure. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani lost a defamation lawsuit for spreading those false claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Missourians, Bailey\u2019s involvement in Georgia is its own warning sign.<\/p>\n

His political rise hasn\u2019t been built on careful management or restrained lawyering. It has been driven by media visibility, aggressive rhetoric and a willingness to validate Trump\u2019s preferred narrative \u2014 regardless of the record.<\/p>\n

During his short tenure as Missouri attorney general, Bailey made election denial rhetoric a central feature of his political identity<\/a>. After winning a full term in 2024, he hoped his loyalty would land him a new job in Washington<\/a> as FBI director or U.S. attorney general.<\/p>\n

According to multiple media reports, Trump was not impressed<\/a>. Bailey did not receive either post.<\/p>\n

He ultimately left Missouri last year after being tapped as co-deputy director of the FBI, a role that has historically been held by one person and involves managing the bureau\u2019s day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n

His fellow co-deputy director, Dan Bongino, later stepped down to return to podcasting. Instead of elevating Bailey into the traditional singular role, the Trump administration hired the former head of the FBI\u2019s New York Field Office to replace Bongino.<\/p>\n

Those who watched him run the attorney general\u2019s office weren\u2019t surprised by the decision not to elevate him.<\/p>\n

Bailey\u2019s tenure in Missouri drew criticism over missed deadlines<\/a>, bungled appeals and settlements that reflected disorganization rather than strategy. Under his watch, Missouri paid out record-breaking sums in settlements and judgments, including one settlement that committed taxpayers to annual payments stretching into the year 2098<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also narrowly avoided being questioned under oath<\/a> over an alleged ethics breach in his own lawsuit against Jackson County. A judge ordered his deposition, but Bailey moved to dismiss the lawsuit before it could take place. One of his deputies lost his law license in the ordeal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Controversies accumulated. Bailey\u2019s office missed an appeal deadline<\/a> in a high-profile COVID mask mandate case. He falsely blamed a school district\u2019s DEI program<\/a> for an off-campus assault. He recused himself from a gambling lawsuit after political committees tied to gambling lobbyists<\/a> donated to a PAC supporting his campaign. He accepted $50,000 from a company accused of poisoning a Peruvian town<\/a> and later asked a court to move the case out of Missouri.<\/p>\n

Which brings us back to Georgia.<\/p>\n

Bailey\u2019s presence at the Fulton County raid was not just a management detail. It was a signal about the kind of leadership now shaping the FBI and about how quickly the bureau\u2019s credibility can be subordinated to political priorities.<\/p>\n

Missouri has already seen what Bailey does when he\u2019s in charge. The FBI is now taking its turn.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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