The FBI is investigating a retired four-star Marine general who commanded forces in Afghanistan and advised Hillary Clinton on her 2016 presidential campaign as part of a probe into an illegal lobbying campaign for Qatar, according to reports.
Federal prosecutors have obtained records indicating that retired Marine Gen. John R. Allen, current president of the Washington, D.C. think tank Brookings Institution, secretly lobbied for Qatar, lied about his role in the campaign, and tried to hold incriminating evidence from the government, according to the New York Times.
Allen is being investigated for allegedly violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act for lobbying American officials on behalf of Qatar while at the same time pursuing ”multi-million dollar business deals with the government of Qatar,” FBI agent Babak Adib wrote in a search warrant application, according to…
