In what appears to be a first for the FBI, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced Monday that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will serve as co-deputy director of the agency after a rift arose last month with Deputy Director Dan Bongino.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will serve as the FBI's co-deputy director, alongside the law enforcement agency's current second-in-command, Dan Bongino.

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

Former podcaster reportedly had bitter argument with Attorney General Pam Bondi last month over the handling of government documents related to the deceased pedophile

Pam Bondi has "won the power struggle" over Dan Bongino amid blowback over the DOJ's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein probe, a new report reveals. The post Pam Bondi Has ‘Won the Power Struggle’ Over Dan Bongino — Who Is Likely to Exit: CNN first appeared on Mediaite.

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.

Bailey will now serve alongside Bongino in the number-two role, Patel and Bondi confirmed to Fox News Digital, which first broke the story. Bongino, who was appointed as the FBI’s sole deputy director earlier this year, shocked colleagues in July when he largely isolated himself from internal operations following the Epstein files dispute.

Dan Bongino will be getting another pair of hands to help with the demanding task of being the deputy director of the FBI after President Donald Trump announced that he had tapped Andrew Bailey to serve alongside him.