“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role to Wage a Culture War

Photo of Andrew Bailey courtesy of Missouri State Archives via Flickr. Public Domain. Article by Jeremy Kohler. ProPublica – September 24, 2025.

After a fight with a Black student in a St. Louis suburb left a white student badly injured in March 2024, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed their school district for unsafe conditions, even though the incident occurred after classes and more than a half-mile from campus. Bailey seized on the fight as evidence of what he called the Hazelwood School District’s misplaced priorities. He sent a letter to the superintendent demanding […]

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