Andrew Peek, the head of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, has left his post three months after he started, people familiar with the situation told Bloomberg Saturday evening.
Sources told the publication that Peek was escorted from the White House Friday.
Earlier on Saturday, Axios reported that he had been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation.
Peek joined the NSC in November, coming over from the State Department where he was a deputy assistant secretary.
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Peek’s two predecessors, Tim Morrison and Fiona Hill both testified during the House’s impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
Peek’s departure is the third time in less than a year that the position has been vacant.
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#BREAKING: Trump's newest Russia adviser, Andrew Peek leaves NSC post: report https://t.co/sqwaFYlQTA
— The Hill (@thehill) January 19, 2020
A #Russia NSC director who has no actual Russia expertise (at least not that I can see in his background), and who has now been escorted from the WH after two months on the job. This is all fine.#ETTD https://t.co/ZJKtVlT3NR
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 19, 2020
Amazing how hard it is to fill that Russia desk job at NSC lately.
I am not available.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 19, 2020
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