The intelligence whistleblower who helped expose Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president that sparked a political firestorm now fears for his life, his lawyer has said. Andrew Bakaj, lead attorney for the whistleblower, said he has ‘serious concerns for our client’s personal safety’ after Trump compared the act of exposing him to ‘treason’ and suggested using the death penalty. He also revealed the existence of a $50,000 ‘bounty’ that has been offered for ‘any information’ about the whistleblower, who is known to be a CIA agent who at one time worked at the White House. In a letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, Bakaj suggests that the whistleblower has received some form of security assistance from federal authorities, and thanks the director for ‘ensuring their safety.’ The lawyer disputed an earlier claim made Sunday night by CBS News’ 60 Minutes that the whistleblower was actually in federal protection. The existence of the call prompted Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry into Trump, with House committees due to depose State Department officials linked to Trump’s dealings with Ukraine this week. In a letter addressed to Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, the legal team also revealed the existence of…