Former US Attorney Catherine Hanaway appointed
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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, appointed in 2022 by former Gov. Mike Parson, is the third Missouri Attorney General in six years to leave for a position in Washington, D.C.
The Missouri Supreme Court refused to take up Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s request to reinstate restrictions on abortion in the state.