He was placed on leave while authorities scrutinized his activities on behalf of Qatar.
The inquiry is focused on whether Allen, a military commander who once led U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan, secretly urged the Trump administration to tone down its criticism of Qatar in 2017, when neighbors in the Persian Gulf imposed economic sanctions on the country, accusing it of supporting Islamist extremism, according to court records. Allen had been placed on administrative leave last week.
In an email to staffers, Glenn Hutchins and Suzanne Nora Johnson, who both chair the Brookings board of trustees, said Ted Gayer, a senior economic fellow, has taken over as acting president. The note thanks Allen for his “leadership in successfully guiding the institution during the pandemic” and does not explicitly mention the federal probe.
Allen met with senior Qatari leaders in 2017, when he was a part-time senior fellow at Brookings. According to law enforcement, Allen used his Brookings email address to communicate with Trump administration officials, including Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who was White House national security adviser at the time.
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