The FBI has seized the digital facts of a retired four-star general who authorities say created untrue statements and withheld “incriminating” files about his role in an unlawful overseas lobbying marketing campaign on behalf of the rich Persian Gulf country of Qatar.
New federal court docket filings acquired Tuesday outlined a potential prison case versus former Maritime Gen. John R. Allen, who led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan ahead of remaining tapped in 2017 to direct the influential Brookings Establishment assume tank.
It is portion of an growing investigation that has ensnared Richard G. Olson, a previous ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan who pleaded responsible to federal prices final week, and Imaad Zuberi, a prolific political donor now serving a 12-12 months jail sentence on corruption expenses. Numerous customers of Congress have been interviewed as section of the investigation.
The courtroom filings element Allen’s powering-the scenes