New Mexico Democrat Rep. Xochitl Torres Small
(D-NM) admitted in October 2019 that President Donald Trump’s phone
call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that Democrats
impeached him over was “not an explicit quid pro quo.”
The audio of Torres Small making this admission, which undercuts the Democrats’ since-dismissed-by-the-Senate case for impeachment of Trump, runs counter to the congresswoman’s decision to subsequently vote for impeachment.
Offered the opportunity to comment through her congressional press secretary, Paloma Perez, Torres Small did not reply