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.

Career
Bailey became the White House Chief Security Officer in June 2018. Carl Kline, who was the director of the Personnel Security Office, reported to Bailey until Kline left in January 2019 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. Bailey was responsible for suspending security office employee and whistleblower Tricia Newbold after her objections to Kushner getting clearance.

Personal life
On October 7, 2020, several media sources reported that Bailey contracted COVID-19 in September, prior to the White House COVID-19 outbreak. He entered the hospital in late-September and was severely ill. 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.

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.