1/ Trump called the whistleblower “a fraud,� suggested that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff be arrested for “Treason,� and warned of a “civil war-like fracture� in America if he’s removed from office. Trump accused Schiff of “illegally� misrepresenting him during acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire’s testimony last week, saying “It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?� Trump also called for Schiff to be “questioned at the highest level for Fraud & Treason.� In a series of tweets, Trump retweeted a conservative evangelical pastor’s warning that a “civil war-like fracture� in America would happen “If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal.� (New York Times / Washington Post / CNBC / The Guardian / Reuters / Associated Press / USA Today / CNN)

2/ The House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani for Ukraine-related documents as part of their impeachment inquiry. In a letter to Giuliani, the heads of three House committees asked for information going back to January 2017 related to efforts to get Ukraine’s government to investigate the Biden family, noting “a growing public record� of information appearing “to have pressed the Ukrainian government to pursue two politically-motivated investigations.� House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings also said they are investigating “credible allegations� that Giuliani “acted as an agent of the president in a scheme to advance his personal political interests by abusing the power of the office of the president.� The chairmen gave Giuliani until Oct. 15th to comply. (New York Times / Washington Post / NBC News / CNBC)

3/ Attorney General William Barr privately met overseas with foreign intelligence offic...