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> 悪質かは置いといて今日は集まり悪いですね。

This "question + は置いといて" looks like a common construction based on Google
results but I can't find an explanation of it.

But my guess from staring at it long enough and considering the "putting
aside" meaning of 置く is that this perhaps means:

> Putting aside the question of whether I'm being a jerk, today's gathering is
> bad, isn't it.

Is that correct?
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Question + は置いといて
Yes, ～は置いといて = ～は置いておいて = Putting aside ～.

There are two 置く, and the second 置く works as a subsidiary verb. [That's not
uncommon](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/31018/5010).

This 悪質か does not mean "whether I am being a jerk", but means "whether or not
this is out of malice", "whether or not they have a good reason for not
coming", etc.
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