Anti-Impeachment Democrat Rep. Jeff Van Drew Plans to Join Republican Party

Then state Sen. Jeff Van Drew speaks at a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting in Trenton, N.J., on Jan. 14, 2016. Mel Evans/AP Photo

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, one of the two Democrats who voted against formalizing the impeachment inquiry against Trump back in October, is leaving the Democratic Party to join the Republican Party, according to reports.

Van Drew has told top House Republicans about his decision, according to a GOP official familiar with the conversations. The lawmaker also discussed switching parties in a meeting with Trump at the White House on Friday, an administration official said Saturday.