Washington(CNN) Five staffers serving a freshman Democratic congressman resigned on Sunday after sources said he was intending to switch to the Republican Party.
The aides to New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew -- Javier Gamboa, Edward Kaczmarski, Justin M. O'Leary, Mackenzie Lucas and Caroline Wood -- wrote in the letter that they can "no longer in good conscience continue our service in the Congressman's employ."
Read the letter below.