Article snippet: He wrote: Trump deployed his latest defense as the establishment media and Democrats grow increasingly critical of his rhetoric responding to the whistleblower’s complaint and the subsequent impeachment effort launched by the Democrats. Trump said during private remarks at a reception in New York City after the United Nations General Assembly: Those remarks were later leaked to the New York Times. Democrats also raised alarm following the president’s decision to share a quote from Pastor Robert Jeffress warning of a “Civil War like fracture” if Democrats removed Trump as president. Trump also suggested last week that the whistleblower and his informants were spies who were possibly guilty of treason. “I want to know who’s the person who gave the whistle-blower the informatio, because that’s close to a spy,” he said. “You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart? Right? With spies and treason, right? We used to handle it a little differently than we do now.” He also accused Rep. Adam Schiff of treasonous behavior after the House Intelligence Committee Chairman made up a version of the president’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to make it appear worse than it was. “It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Monday. “Arrest for Treason?” Link to the full article to read more