Crede Bailey

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Crede Bailey (left) White House Security Office, fell 'gravely ill' from Covid 19 in late September 2020. (via facebook)
Crede Bailey
Nationality USA
Occupation security official
Known for controversially issued a security clearance to Jared Kushner

Crede Bailey is a security official at The White House, who played a role in the approval and issuing of security clearances.[1][2]

Role in approving White House clearances for individuals who did not meet criteria

Tricia Newbold was a 19-year veteran of conducting reviews for the White House Security Office, who became a whistleblower, after growing frustrated with trying to get her concerns addressed through normal channels.[2][3] Newbold went to the House Oversight Committee.[4] She testified that there were 25 individuals who did not meet the criteria to be issued with a clearance to work in the White House.[5][6][7] The highest profile individual who did not meet the usual criteria for a clearance was Jared Kushner.[8]

Newbold's superior, who then headed the White House Security Office, subsequently replaced by Bailey, was Carl Kline. Kline discipline Newbold, suspending her for two weeks, without pay. Newbold, who has a rare form of dwarfism, said that Kline also used unofficial forms of harrassment to get even with her, including moving her files to shelves she couldn't reach.

The Oversight Committee could not subpoena Kline, so they subpoenaed Bailey, who offered a detailed defense Kline's conduct, and of his disciplining Newbold.[8][4] Republican committee members quoted Bailey in a minority report. He claimed

Early in the Donald Trump Presidency there was controversy 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, to bail out his family's trouble real estate investments.[1]

Bailey did eventually issue Kushner a clearance, and would later testify before a Congressional committee that he didn't feel any pressure to issue that clearance.[8][1]

Covid infection

Bailey was infected by the Covid 19 virus sometime in September, but White House officials did not make his illness public at the time.[9] His illness was announced late on October 7th, 2020, when he was described as "gravely ill". As of 2020-10-14 White House officials continue to decline to comment on Bailey's medical status.[10][11]

Legacy

ABC News chief White House reporter, Jonathon Karl, described Bailey's illness in his book Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show.[12] Karl described choosing to avoid infection in the White House, at the height of Trump's flouting of Covid safety precautions - the period when Bailey was infected. John Young, writing in the Gila Herald, wrote "No employer would have been allowed to endanger his employees as Trump did – and by extension, the people he swore to defend and protect.".[13]

On November 22, 2021, in its review of Kayleigh McEnany's White House memoir, The Guardian compared her book to her public record, to see the extent she lived up her promise not to lie to the press.[14] In doing so they returned to her comments on Bailey, made when his illness became known to the public. At the time she voiced the opinion that the White House was pleased that Bailey had recovered, without ever acknowledging the deep impact the virus had on his health. The Guardian devoted seven paragraphs, approximately half the article, to Bailey. The Guardian quoted extensively from the Go Fund Me project organized by Dawn McCrobie, a family friend.[15]

rough work

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ryan Goodman; Julia Brooks (2020-03-11). "Timeline on Jared Kushner, Qatar, 666 Fifth Avenue, and White House Policy". Just Security. Archived from the original on 2021-11-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20211120105754/https://www.justsecurity.org/69094/timeline-on-jared-kushner-qatar-666-fifth-avenue-and-white-house-policy/. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "White House officials Crede Bailey and Cory Louie also later testified that they did not feel pressured to grant the clearances. Newbold also reported that another agency later had “serious concerns” after Kushner applied for a higher level of clearance." 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "EXCLUSIVE: Career officials rebut claims of White House interference in security clearance process". The Hill. 2019-07-18. Archived from the original on 2021-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011801/https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/453737-exclusive-career-officials-rebut-claims-of-white-house-interference-in-security. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "Bailey, the chief security officer at The White House, also defended Kline’s restructuring of the security clearance process, policies which Newbold questioned in her testimony before the committee in April." 
  3. Rachael Bade (2019-04-01). "White House whistleblower says Trump officials reversed 25 security clearance denials". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401192133/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-security-clearances-trump-administration-20190401-story.html. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "Newbold named several superiors she took her concerns to, including: Director of Personnel Security Carl Kline; his immediate supervisor, Chief Operations Officer Samuel Price; the White House counsel's office; assistant to the president Marcia Kelly; and Chief Security Officer Crede Bailey." 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Republican Committee Staff (2019-04-01). "Democrats’ White House Security Clearance Transcribed Interview". House Oversight Committee. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401224253/https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-04-01-Memo-to-COR-Members-re-WH-Security-Clearance-Transcribed-Interview.pdf. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "One of Ms. Newbold’s primary complaints was that Kline overturned her adjudication determinations fairly regularly. She believed Kline’s decisions did not comport with the adjudicative guidelines. Since the start of the Trump Administration, Ms. Newbold said that she had compiled a list of 25 EOP employees for whom Kline had overruled her unfavorable recommendation." 
  5. Rachael Bade; Tom Hamburger (2019-04-01). "White House whistleblower says 25 security clearance denials were reversed during Trump administration". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2021-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20211109204609/https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/white-house-whistleblower-says-security-clearance-denials-were-reversed-during-trump-administration/2019/04/01/9f28334e-542c-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "She said she had previously lodged concerns with numerous White House officials, including Kline; his immediate supervisor, Chief Operations Officer Samuel Price; the White House Counsel’s Office; assistant to the president Marcia Kelly; and Chief Security Officer Crede Bailey." 
  6. Jerry Lambe (2019-07-18). "WH Security Officials: There Was ‘No Pressure’ From Trump Admin Over Security Clearance Process". Law and Crime. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210120225210/https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/wh-security-officials-there-was-no-pressure-from-trump-admin-over-security-clearance-process/. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "Bailey also specifically refuted Newbold’s claim that Kline’s decisions to overrule her security clearance recommendations were politically motivated. Kline had reported directly to Bailey until his departure from the office in Jan. 2019." 
  7. Katie Rogers (2019-04-01). "White House Whistle-Blower Did the Unexpected: She Returned to Work". The New York Times (Washington DC): p. a19. Archived from the original on 2021-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20211110221428/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/us/politics/tricia-newbold-whistle-blower-white-house.html. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "In January, Ms. Newbold was suspended for two weeks without pay after NBC News reported that Mr. Kline had approved a security clearance for Mr. Kushner despite staff objections. The office’s new director, Crede Bailey, said at the time that Ms. Newbold had refused to 'support new procedures your supervisor implemented.'" 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 C.C. Strand (2020-10-09). "Crede Bailey: White House Official Is ‘Gravely Ill’ With COVID, Has Been Hospitalized Since September". Heavy magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20221225121005/https://heavy.com/news/crede-bailey/. Retrieved 2022-12-25. "In July 2019, Bailey was one of two security officials to testify during a closed door session with the House Oversight Committee, in regards to the question of whether Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner received their security clearances through above-board means or not." 
  9. Chaitra Krishnamurthy (2020-10-07). "Who is Crede Bailey? Here's why Internet thinks he brought Covid-19 to the White House". Archived from the original on 2020-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20201010135040/https://meaww.com/who-is-crede-bailey-head-of-white-house-security-gravely-ill-with-covid-19-wh-is-a-death-zone-poll. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "Bailey is a career federal employee, who was in the news in 2019 for being linked with the security clearances granted to Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner" 
  10. Alexandra Alper (2020-10-14). "White House staff infected with coronavirus begin returning to work, spurning masks". Global News. Archived from the original on 2021-05-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20210530003229/https://globalnews.ca/news/7397854/coronavirus-white-house-staff-return/. Retrieved 2020-10-19. "The White House declined to comment on reports that White House head of security Crede Bailey is seriously ill with COVID-19 and was taken to the hospital in late September." 
  11. Michael Hein (2020-10-11). "White House Security Official Reportedly Gravely Ill With Coronavirus". Pop Culture. Archived from the original on 2020-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20201010233229/https://popculture.com/trending/news/white-house-security-official-reportedly-gravely-ill-coronavirus/. Retrieved 2020-10-21. "Bailey has reportedly been a federal employee for most of his career, though his position has rarely put him into the headlines. However, last year Bailey was called to testify before the House Oversight Committee during Trump's impeachment, due to the high security clearance granted to the president's daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. According to a report by The Hill, Bailey testified that he did not face pressure to grant this clearance." 
  12. Jonathon Karl (2021). Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show. Penguin Books. p. 78-79. ISBN 9780593186343. https://books.google.ca/books?id=vogzEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA78&dq=%22Jonathan+Karl%22+Betrayal+crede+bailey&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKlIbA15T8AhWwj3IEHZL6DeoQ6AF6BAhjEAI#v=onepage&q=crede%20bailey&f=false. Retrieved 2022-12-25. 
  13. "Staggering toll of willful negligence". Gila Herald. 2022-05-03. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20220605195451/https://gilaherald.com/editorial-staggering-toll-of-willful-negligence/. Retrieved 2022-12-25. "Bailey was the director of Donald Trump’s security office. As such he was one of many victims of what Karl calls “almost total disregard for COVID protocols” in the early stages of the pandemic." 
  14. Martin Pengelly (2021-11-22). "Kayleigh McEnany’s book claims don’t stand up to assurances that she didn’t lie". The Guardian (New York City). Archived from the original on 2021-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122180307/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/22/kayleigh-mcenany-book-trump-press-secretary. Retrieved 2021-11-22. "McEnany was asked about Bailey at a White House briefing. She said: 'Our heart goes out to his family. They have asked for privacy. And he is recovering, from what I understand. We are very pleased to see that. But he and his family will be in our prayers.'" 
  15. Dawn McCrobie (2021-01-11). "Crede family". Go Fund Me. Archived from the original on 2021-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122085751/https://www.gofundme.com/f/crede-amp-family. Retrieved 2021-11-22. "The long term effects of COVID-19 are still largely unknown but Crede’s medical team has said that he will never regain full lung capacity and it may lead to long-term breathing problems. He has suffered lasting damage to his heart and now has increased risk of heart failure or other complications and COVID-19 caused him to develop blood clots and weakened his blood vessels which contributes to long-lasting problems with the liver and kidneys." 
  16. Maggie Haberman; Helene Cooper (2020-10-07). "The head of the White House security office is critically ill with Covid-19". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20211003120426/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/politics/the-head-of-the-white-house-security-office-is-critically-ill-with-covid-19.html. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "The security office head, Crede Bailey, whose office handles a number of duties, including approving certain security clearances, coordinating with the Secret Service and handling credentials for people to be able to come onto the White House grounds, was taken to the hospital in late September, the administration official said." 
  17. Mayank Aggarwal (2020-10-08). "White House head of security is 'very ill' with coronavirus, report says: List of White House staff infected with coronavirus continues to grow". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2020-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20201114140359/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/coronavirus-white-house-head-security-trump-covid-crede-bailey-b878326.html. Retrieved 2020-10-08. "Bailey, a career federal employee, runs the White House security office and works with the US Secret Service on security measures for Mr Trump’s protection. His office manages the credentials that give access to the White House and, in 2019, witnessed a controversy over security clearances given to Mr Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner."