Crede Bailey

Crede Bailey is an American former government official who served as the White House Chief Security Officer from June 2018 January 2021. He worked for the Office of Administration and was tasked with managing personnel security, physical security, and HSPD-12.
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Bailey became the White House Chief Security Officer in June 2018. and Bailey took over as director.
Early in the Donald Trump Presidency, concerns were raised over issuing a White House security clearance to the President's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, because of his pursuit of large loans from Qatari financiers. Carl Kline did eventually issue Kushner a clearance. Bailey later testified before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform that he had never felt any pressure from anyone at the White House over deciding on security clearances. Bloomberg News reported on November 1, 2020, that Bailey came down with the virus "over the Labor Day weekend" and that the White House had not acknowledged his illness.<ref name=Bloomberg2020-11-01/>
On December 14, 2020, Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg News reported that Bailey seemed to be recovering, after having his lower right leg and a toe from his left foot amputated.<ref name=Bloomberg2020-12-14/>

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