State Department employee allegedly removed classified docs, met with Chinese officials

A State Department employee is accused of allegedly removing classified documents from secure locations and meeting with Chinese officials going back to 2023.

Ashley Tellis, senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, photographed on March 15, 2014, in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint via Getty Images)

The Justice Department said Ashley Tellis is also a contractor with the Office of Net Assessment at the Department of Defense, now Department of War, and is considered a subject matter expert on India and South Asian affairs. 

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