Federal court filings outlined a potential criminal case against former Marine Gen. John R. Allen, who leads the influential Brookings Institution think tank.
now serving a 12-year prison sentence on corruption charges. Several members of Congress have been interviewed as part of the investigation.
Allen also misrepresented his role in the lobbying campaign to U.S. officials, Adib wrote, and failed to disclose “that he was simultaneously pursuing multimillion-dollar business deals with the government of Qatar.”U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 16, 2015.
Allen spokesperson Beau Phillips told AP last week that Allen “voluntarily cooperated with the government’s investigation into this matter.”Allen, who was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution prior to becoming president, used his official email account at the think tank for some of his Qatar-related communications, the affidavit says.
Shortly after the blockade was announced, then-President Donald Trump appeared to side against Qatar. At the meeting, Allen provided advice on how to influence U.S. policy and said the Qataris should “use the full spectrum” of information operations, including “black and white” operations, the affidavit says. “Black” operations are typically covert and sometimes illegal. Qatar has been accused of orchestrating hack-and-leak operations of its critics and rivals during the diplomatic crisis, including one targeting a UAE ambassador. Qatar has denied any wrongdoing.
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