Congressional Candidate Calls For Trump Impeachment Inquiry

CHICAGO — A candidate in the 2020 race for Congress in Illinois' 3rd District has called for an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Abe Matthew, a Democrat, said in a statement Wednesday night that Congress "must open an impeachment inquiry based on the actions" of Trump "as set forth in the Mueller Report."

"It is precisely the role of Congress to act as fact-finder in determining what role the President Trump played in Russia’s 2016 interference in our elections and to what extent the President obstructed justice in the ensuing investigation."

Matthew, who lives in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood and is seeking the congressional seat currently held by incumbent Democrat Dan Lipinski, went on to say that democracy can "multi-task."

"Congress can conduct hearings related to an impeachment inquiry while we the people work to put a Democrat back in the White House," he said. "The people elected their members of Congress on the assumption that those members would be able to handle the wide array of issues facing our nation. Regardless of an impeachment inquiry’s ultimate result, it is imperative that Congress fulfills its obligation to investigate and give the American people some finality to this dark chapter in our nation’s history."