British journalist Robert Winnett will no longer be the editor of The Washington Post following ethical questions about his past work, it was reported Friday.

The decision was announced by Washington Post publisher Will Lewis to staff in a memo Friday morning, according to CNN and The New York Times.

“It is with regret that I share with you that Robert Winnett has withdrawn from the position of Editor at The Washington Post. Rob has my greatest respect and is an incredibly talented editor and journalist,” the memo read.

British journalist Robert Winnett will not be joining the Washington Post as its editor, an internal memo seen by Reuters showed, following media reports that he used unethical methods to obtain information while working with the Sunday Times.

Post publisher Will Lewis had named Winnett, a former colleague who serves as deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph, to the role earlier this month after the exit of Sally Buzbee, the first woman to lead the storied newsroom. The reversal means Winnett will remain at the Daily Telegraph, which he joined in 2007.

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos faces growing unrest from the newspaper’s staffers — and the latest casualty is the journalist who had been in line to become its next editor.

Robert Winnett, the deputy editor of the British broadsheet Telegraph, will not be taking the helm of the venerable newspaper, the paper said on Friday. That’s after the surprise exit of former Washington Post Sally Buzbee, who stepped down abruptly earlier this month after just three years at the helm.