State Dept Employee Allegedly Took Top Secret Docs, Met Chinese Officials
Summary
A State Department employee named Ashley Joachim Tellis has been accused of taking classified documents from the government and secretly meeting with Chinese officials. Investigators found over 1,000 secret documents in his home, and he may face 10 years in prison if convicted.Key Facts
- Ashley Joachim Tellis is a senior adviser at the State Department and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- He is charged with the unlawful retention of national defense information.
- Investigators found more than 1,000 classified documents in Tellis' home in Vienna, Virginia.
- Tellis has allegedly met with Chinese officials multiple times since 2022.
- Court documents claim that Tellis used a secret-level computer system at the State Department to access sensitive information.
- During a search, classified documents were reportedly found in trash bags in his home.
- Tellis and his family had planned to travel to Rome before his arrest.
- He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if found guilty.
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