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NSC official on leave pending investigation

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National Security Council official on leave pending investigation - Axios

Andrew Peek, the senior director for European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation, people familiar with the situation tell Axios.
Driving the news: Peek had been expected to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next week, where President Trump is expected to meet with a number of world leaders as the impeachment trial takes place back in the Senate. ...
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NEW: The top Russia expert on Trump’s National Security Council, Andrew Peek, has left his post, just a couple months in, sources tell me, @nwadhams
and @justinsink
. That’s the Fiona Hill, Tim Morrison, Russia/Ukraine job. Peek was escorted from WH on Friday. Story out soon.
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jennifer jacobs of bloomberg via twitter ^

this guy just replaced Fiona Hill. curious to learn what caused him to be escorted out of the white house last night
 
Last month National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien said the NSC would be downsized. 40-50 staffers were being reassigned.

It seems Andrew Peek is being given the heave-ho because they believe he is a leaker. He'll do just fine in the private sector.

It's difficult finding good Russia specialists in Washington who are head-over-heels in love with Putin as is Trump.
 
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