Ashley Tellis, a senior adviser to the US State Department has been accused of illegally removing classified documents from secure government locations. Tellis, a known foreign policy expert and defence strategist of Indian origin, is also accused of holding meetings with Chinese officials dating back to 2023.

On 14th October, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia informed that Ashley Tellis has been arrested on charge of “unlawfully retaining classified national defence information”. Tellis was arrested on 11th October after the US authorities searched his residence in Vienna, Virginia.

In a statement, Lindsey Halligan, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said that Ashley Tellis of Vienna was “arrested over the weekend and charged by criminal comp

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