Trump suggests Nancy Pelosi is guilty of treason amid impeachment inquiry

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• President Donald Trump on Sunday night launched an attack against Democrats who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry against him. 
• In a pair of tweets on Sunday, Trump suggested that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, were both guilty of treason. 
• Pelosi announced last month that the House would launch a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump's activities — in particular, a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which is at the center of a whistleblower complaint filed in August. 
• Trump has denied that he said anything inappropriate during his phone call with Zelensky, and he suggested in a closed-door meeting last month that the whistleblower is "almost a spy."
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President Donald Trump on Sunday heightened his attacks on Democrats who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry against him, claiming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff were both guilty of treason. 

Pelosi announced last month that the House would launch a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump's activities — in particular, a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that is at the center of an August whistleblower complaint. 

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