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State Department employee allegedly removed classified docs, met with Chinese officials
- On September 25, federal agents arrested Ashley Tellis, 64, an unpaid senior adviser at the U.S. State Department, after seizing more than 1,000 pages marked TOP SECRET from his Vienna, Virginia home.
- Federal prosecutors say Tellis met repeatedly with Chinese government officials at a Fairfax, Virginia restaurant, arriving at dinners with a manila envelope while hosts brought gift bags.
- Printing episodes included a late-night session on September 25 at the State Department where Tellis printed classified U.S. Air Force documents, and surveillance video showed him leaving with a briefcase.
- He was ordered detained Tuesday pending a detention hearing next week and faces charges of unlawful retention of national defense information with penalties up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine.
- The affidavit notes it does not allege he provided classified material during meetings, and the Justice Department continues investigating documents potentially covered under the Espionage Act.
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