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.

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey announces he will be joining the Trump administration as co-deputy director of the FBI.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway was appointed Tuesday as Missouri’s next attorney general, vowing a tough-on-crime approach as her predecessor leaves for a job with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

With the announcement that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has accepted the position of Co-Deputy Director of the FBI Deputy, Governor Mike Kehoe, on Tuesday, wasted little time