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They\u2019re all sick, treasonous, and demented!\u201d\u00a0\nThe post marked at least the third time this month, and the ninth time since March, that Trump had accused news outlets of \u201ctreasonous\u201d reporting, according to a Media Matters review of his statements on social media and transcripts of his public events\u00a0compiled by Roll Call\u2019s\u00a0Factba.se. The president also said news outlets had nearly or almost committed treason on four additional occasions during his second term, though since May he has transitioned to making outright accusations.\nTreason is \u201cthe only crime expressly defined by the Constitution,\u201d which\u00a0limits such charges to \u201clevying war\u201d against the United States or \u201cin adhering to [its] enemies, giving them aid and comfort,\u201d and the Supreme Court has narrowly interpreted that definition. Trump has nonetheless declared that a slew of figures \u2014 from\u00a0Democratic congressional leaders like Sen. 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The Justice Department, for example,\u00a0argued in a Tuesday night court filing that the president\u2019s banning of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House is justified because the outlets\u2019 reporting on stories related to the Iran war and the ballroom \u201chave threatened national security.\u201d\nIn December, Trump responded to reporting on his\u00a0apparent physical decline by\u00a0calling it \u201cseditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean\u00a0 \u2018THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.\u2019\u201d That was the first example we found of the president linking reporting with treason since his return to the White House.\nBut Trump\u2019s treason accusations really picked up after the war he launched against Iran on February 28\u00a0began to falter. 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Possible alternative explanations \u2014 that Trump is encouraging his\u00a0pliant Justice Department appointees to actually file charges against reporters, or his\u00a0followers to take matters into their own hands \u2014 are more sinister.\nHere\u2019s a list of examples of the president\u2019s treason rhetoric.\nSeptember 22, 2026: CNN, MS NOW are \u201csick, treasonous, and demented!\u201d\u00a0[Truth Social]\n\n\n        \n\n        \n          \n            September 3, 2026: \u201cFor the treasonous SCUM that refuses to accurately report on our Military Operation in Iran\u2026\u201d\u00a0[Truth Social]\n      \n      \n\n        \n\n        \n          \n            September 3, 2026: \u201cMedia Outlets that keep harping on the fact that we have no ammunition \u2026 are actually treasonous.\u201d\u00a0[Truth Social]\n      \n      \n\n        \n\n        \n          \n            August 6, 2026: \u201cI really believe\u201d The Washington Post\u2019s \u201cfake \u2018reporting\u2019\u201d that Trump is displeased with Hegseth \u201cis treasonous!\u201d [Truth Social]\n      \n      \n\n        \n\n        July 13, 2026: \u201cI actually think it\u2019s treasonous\u201d that The New York Times reported Iran is \u201cstronger today than they were four months ago.\u201d\u00a0[Interview, Fox News\u2019\u00a0Fox & Friends]\nJuly 13, 2026: \u201cThe fake news would rather see us lose the war than win the war, which is really treasonous, which is really treasonous in a certain way.\u201d [Remarks]\nJune 21, 2026: The Times\u2019 Iran coverage \u201cis, in my opinion, \u2018TREASONOUS.\u2019\u201d [Truth Social]\n\n\n        \n\n        May 15, 2026: Trump tells Times reporter Sanger, \u201cI actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write\u201d about Iran, \u201cI actually think it\u2019s treason when you write, like, \u2018They\u2019re doing well militarily.\u2019\u201d [Press gaggle]\u00a0\nMay 12, 2026: \u201cWhen the Fake News says that the Iranian enemy is doing well, Militarily, against us, it\u2019s virtual TREASON\u2026\u201d [Truth Social]\n\n\n        \n\n        April 12, 2026: \u201cCNN, The New York Times, ABC fake news, NBC fake news \u2026 they report things that they know are false. 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