White House Security Official Contracted Covid-19 in
September
September
By Jennifer Jacobs
October 8, 2020, 12:27 AM GMT+1
A top White House security official, Crede Bailey, is
gravely ill with Covid-19 and has been hospitalized since September, according
to four people familiar with his condition.
gravely ill with Covid-19 and has been hospitalized since September, according
to four people familiar with his condition.
The White House has not publicly disclosed Bailey’s illness.
He became sick before the Sept. 26 Rose Garden event President Donald Trump
held to announce his Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett that has been
connected to more than a dozen cases of the disease.
He became sick before the Sept. 26 Rose Garden event President Donald Trump
held to announce his Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett that has been
connected to more than a dozen cases of the disease.
A White House spokesman declined to comment on Bailey. He is
in charge of the White House security office, which handles credentialing for
access to the White House and works closely with the U.S. Secret Service on
security measures throughout the compound.
in charge of the White House security office, which handles credentialing for
access to the White House and works closely with the U.S. Secret Service on
security measures throughout the compound.
A career federal employee who has seldom appeared in the
news, Bailey was swept up in a controversy last year over security clearances
granted to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Bailey
privately testified to the House Oversight Committee that he didn’t face
pressure from others at the White House to grant clearances, according to a
report by The Hill.
news, Bailey was swept up in a controversy last year over security clearances
granted to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Bailey
privately testified to the House Oversight Committee that he didn’t face
pressure from others at the White House to grant clearances, according to a
report by The Hill.
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