Swordsmyth
01-19-2020, 07:20 PM
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.
According to a Washington Examiner article (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/a-bad-look-vindmans-testimony-while-in-uniform-divides-military-community) from last fall, Alexander Vindman, who famously testified during the House impeachment hearings, reported directly to Andrew Peek: “As a Ukraine expert, Vindman reports to civilian Andrew Peek, who replaced Tim Morrison as the NSC’s senior director for European and Russian affairs after Morrison announced his departure last Wednesday, one day before he testified before the House impeachment proceeding.”
The timing's a bit interesting too, considering Peek was slated to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next week, along with President Trump who is expected to meet with a variety of world leaders.
https://deepclips.com/downloads/andrew-peek-nsc-official.jpg
“Andrew Peek, the NSC’s senior director for European and Russian affairs, was escorted from the White House grounds on Friday, two of the people said, asking not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to discuss personnel matters. A spokesman for the NSC declined to comment, citing the same reason. Peek also declined to comment,” according to Bloomberg News (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-19/trump-loses-another-russia-adviser-adding-to-nsc-turnover)
More at: https://deepclips.com/clip/3739/alexander-vindman-s-former-boss-nsc-official-andrew-peek-on-leave-pending-investigation
According to a Washington Examiner article (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/a-bad-look-vindmans-testimony-while-in-uniform-divides-military-community) from last fall, Alexander Vindman, who famously testified during the House impeachment hearings, reported directly to Andrew Peek: “As a Ukraine expert, Vindman reports to civilian Andrew Peek, who replaced Tim Morrison as the NSC’s senior director for European and Russian affairs after Morrison announced his departure last Wednesday, one day before he testified before the House impeachment proceeding.”
The timing's a bit interesting too, considering Peek was slated to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next week, along with President Trump who is expected to meet with a variety of world leaders.
https://deepclips.com/downloads/andrew-peek-nsc-official.jpg
“Andrew Peek, the NSC’s senior director for European and Russian affairs, was escorted from the White House grounds on Friday, two of the people said, asking not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to discuss personnel matters. A spokesman for the NSC declined to comment, citing the same reason. Peek also declined to comment,” according to Bloomberg News (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-19/trump-loses-another-russia-adviser-adding-to-nsc-turnover)
More at: https://deepclips.com/clip/3739/alexander-vindman-s-former-boss-nsc-official-andrew-peek-on-leave-pending-investigation