Shawn Ryan Show
#176 Andrew Bailey - Suing China for $25 Billion, Abolishing ATF, Fauci and Soros Crimes
Wed, 26 Feb 2025
Andrew Bailey is a prominent figure in Missouri politics, currently serving as the state's Attorney General. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and later earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri, where he also participated in the Army ROTC. His professional history includes deployment to Iraq, as well the roles of Assistant Attorney General, General Counsel for the Missouri Department of Corrections, and Deputy Counsel in the Governor's Office. Throughout his career, he has focused on protecting constitutional rights, advocating for victims, and addressing violent crime. Bailey's tenure as Attorney General has been marked by significant legal actions, particularly regarding COVID-19. He led Missouri's lawsuit against the Chinese government for allegedly hoarding personal protective equipment during the pandemic, seeking $25 billion in damages for the state. His office has also actively pursued cases related to consumer protection and First Amendment rights, including recent lawsuits against Starbucks for discrimination and Jackson County for infringing on free speech in counseling settings. As he continues his work, Bailey remains committed to safeguarding Missourians' rights and enhancing community safety. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://ShawnLikesGold.com | 855-936-GOLD #goldcopartner http://shopify.com/srs http://ziprecruiter.com/srs https://bunkr.life/ | Use Code SRS https://americanfinancing.net/srs NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org http://trueclassic.com/srs Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at trueclassic.com/SRS! #trueclassicpod https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/SRS Andrew Bailey Links: Office of the Attorney General - https://ago.mo.gov/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/andrewbaileymo/ X - https://x.com/AndrewBaileyMO Website - https://baileymo.com/ Please leave us a review on Apple & Spotify Podcasts. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website | Patreon | TikTok | Instagram | Download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Who is Andrew Bailey and what is his role?
Andrew Bailey Welcome to the show, man. Appreciate you having me on. Appreciate you being here. So this has been, we've been communicating back and forth for a couple months now, and it's just, it's awesome to finally have you in here.
Man, it's a privilege to be here. I've been following your show, and to be able to sit in the same seat as some really incredible people with some incredible stories and get to be a part of it just means a lot to me.
Well, thank you for saying that. Thank you for saying that. And you are doing amazing things as the Attorney General for Missouri and really sticking it to the federal government when we needed it. It seems to me like every state needs a you. So how do we appreciate that? How do we make that happen? But and we'll dig into that. But we had a lot of stuff to cover.
Just talking to your team downstairs, sounds like you got a hell of a life story. So I was planning on just going over some policies and some stuff that you're kind of tackling as the Attorney General, but let's kick it off with a life story. But everybody starts with an intro here. So Attorney General Andrew Bailey.
You are the 44th Attorney General of Missouri, a decorated combat veteran, a prosecutor, and a staunch defender of constitutional rights. You went to college at the University of Missouri on an Army scholarship following the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. You were commissioned as an armored cavalry officer in the Army and later deployed to Iraq.
Following your time in the Army, you attended law school and became a prosecutor to fight violent crime and protect Missouri communities. You've handled countless cases in both state and federal courts throughout your career defending our constitutional freedoms and the most vulnerable while delivering justice for victims.
You're focused on protecting the Constitution, enforcing the laws as written, defending the state, supporting the counties, and training a new generation of service-minded attorneys.
I'd like to remind everybody that you have a personal 90% plus conviction rate as a prosecutor, and probably more important than any of this stuff, you are a husband, a father of four with three adopted children, and a Christian.
Yeah, yeah, that's right. Getting to be a dad's the best thing that's ever happened to me, and my faith in Christ guides me in everything I do. I always feel like I'm at my own funeral when I hear my bio. It's weird hearing it, but yeah. It's been a wild ride. I've had some great opportunities and excited about my future in public service.
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Chapter 3: How is Missouri addressing corporate censorship?
who's yanked out of their home. They may be living in a trailer with no electricity and raw sewage on the floor and a doped out parent passed out on the couch. And the sheriff kicks in the door and yanks that kid out of there. But all they know is that was their home. And to the rest of it, it's deplorable. But to a kid who that's all they've ever known, Yeah. That's their home.
And now they're not there anymore. So imagine if, you know, I like to put it in terms of like, if someone dropped me in Cambodia and I don't speak the language and the culture and the way of life and the smells and the way people talk, it's all different. I mean, that's got to, you know, I think that only touches the surface of what it must be like for kids to come into the foster system.
So, kind of recalibrating thinking around that and understanding that those kids, you know, have been through trauma. But if kids end up in the foster system, it's because something went terribly wrong. And we need to find loving homes for those kids. And look, the ultimate goal of any juvenile case is hopefully reunification with the biological family.
There are instances in which that can't happen because of, again, some terrible circumstance. And that's when you start looking at termination of parental rights and adoption. But timing is really critical. We know that outcomes for kids that stay in foster care too long are bad. They end up in the juvenile delinquency system. They end up in the adult criminal system.
And so kids need stability, and they need loving homes, and that needs to happen rapidly. In the state of Missouri, really, you're looking at the year mark between about a 12-month period between when a kid comes into foster care and when...
The government agents that are now in control in the court need to make a decision to either reunify or terminate parental rights and find a loving home through adoption.
Would there be any possibility that the biological parents would reach out to your kids?
You know, in Missouri, there is a registry that kids who have been adopted can sign up for if they want to receive contact. And if the parents, then the biological families want to interact, they can submit through that registry. And, you know, I think everybody has to make their own decisions about that.
You know, at the end of the day, I can't even begin to imagine how challenging that must be for an individual, right? but here's what I'm working on, which is making sure my kids know we love them, they're Baileys, they always will be, and we're their parents, and God predestined that.
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Chapter 4: What is the significance of the Missouri v. Biden case?
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rocketmoney.com slash SRS. All right, Andrew, we're back from the break. And we're going to get into some of the legal issues and the current battles that you're kind of doing right now. I know that you have a lot of stuff going on. So before we get too in the weeds on this, I need you to... You're at about a level 10. Yeah. I'm at about a level zero with attorney talk.
I'll dial it whichever way we need to.
Like you're talking to a preschool. But, yeah, seriously, let's get into some of the legal stuff that you're doing right now, some of the current battles. What is the thing that you're – what would you – what's your top priority right now?
You know, we talked about it. Protecting free speech, protecting a competitive marketplace for ideas where the competition of ideas produces the best results. And whether it's protecting free speech from government censorship or protecting free speech from corporate censorship, that's a top priority and something we're really focused on.
And again, I think that the social media platforms have become the modern public forum square for conversation. So many people today, so many more people receive their information from those outlets because they don't trust legacy media outlets anymore.
And I think that the influence of social media platforms on American culture and discourse is only going to grow in the coming days, weeks, months, years. And so I think that's something we've got to be working on.
Don't you have an investigation into Google? We do, yep. What is that? Why?
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Chapter 5: How does Andrew Bailey view the role of technology in free speech?
And we saw that and we're like, she's violating their rights. And so as soon as they were convicted, I drafted the clemency paperwork that the governor signed to exonerate the McCloskeys because all they did was defend their property from angry rioters.
So if they would have come on his property, could he have defended it?
Yeah, certainly he has the right to defend himself and his property if he believes his life is imperiled or his wife's life is imperiled or the lives of a third party are imperiled. So your life has to be in danger. You have to reasonably believe that you're going to be harmed. Now, to use lethal force, you can use other force, non-lethal force, to protect your property.
What if they entered his home?
different story i mean i think again that fact if somebody's in my house without my permission in an angry and threatening manner i'm fearful that they're there to do me harm and that is a fact that goes towards my decision and ultimately my self-defense okay okay yeah we're covering a lot of ground here is there anything else what else you got going on
You know, we stay pretty busy. Sounds like it.
Yeah, yeah. You know, we like to do the big stuff well, but I also like to do the little stuff well. After we removed the Soros-backed prosecutor, In one year, my office increased criminal prosecution by 133%. Wow. That's on the criminal side. Now on the civil side, consumer protection.
The first year I was in office, my consumer protection division collected more than $32 million in settlements and judgments on behalf of defrauded Missouri consumers. That's real money back in the pockets of working Missouri families. My second year in office, last year, 2024, we collected north of $400 million in settlements and judgments in our consumer protection division.
So we're setting records, not only on the criminal side, but on the civil side as well. And so just, you know, I want to do the job. I want to do it the right way. I want to deliver results and wins for the people of the state of Missouri.
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