TOMS RIVER – Congressman Andy Kim (D-3rd) is the latest in a list of House members to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
According to The Washington Post, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to make a public statement about impeachment at 5 p.m.
Trump recently admitted that he withheld $400 million in aid to Ukraine. A whistleblower complaint states that it was to try to extort the Ukranian president into digging up dirt on Joe Biden’s son to use in the 2020 campaign. Trump has denied this allegation.
Andy Kim is the latest voice on the issue. He released a statement calling for impeachment as well.
“During my time working at the White House National Security Council, I sat in the Oval Office for a number of phone calls with world leaders. I never could have imagined the Commander in Chief on a call putting personal and political gain above our national security,” he said.
“This decision does not come easily. My focus as your member of Congress remains on the people of Burlington and Ocean Counties. We have to work to lower health care and prescription drug costs, lower taxes and support our veterans. We have to break through the hyperpartisanship and find real meaningful ways to work across the aisle,” he said.
“I have sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution three times in my life. Over the course of my career I worked under both Republicans and Democrats as long as I thought that the leaders who I served were putting our country’s best interests first. Our community in New Jersey is home to tens of thousands of service members and veterans who know better than the rest of us what it means to put country over self,” he said. “It is our duty in Congress to hold the President accountable if that sacred responsibility laid out in the Constitution is violated. The President’s actions and our obligation to the Constitution has led me to this conclusion, and I will work with my colleagues to pursue the truth and defend our Democracy.”
Congressmen Chris Smith (R-4th) and Jeff Van Drew (D-2nd) are also in JerseyShoreOnline.com’s coverage area but did not respond by press time.
