# Should Donald Trump be convicted & removed for sending Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-donald-trump-be-convicted-removed-for-sending-rudy-giuliani-to-ukraine/847260 "2020-01-30T23:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-donald-trump-be-convicted-removed-for-sending-rudy-giuliani-to-ukraine/847260/41 "2020-02-05T01:37:46Z")

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> [@Max\_S](#):
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> But I do not think Congress is deprived of these rights if the President is opaque about his foreign policies, or chooses to conduct them in secret. They do not have the right to know exactly what and how the President communicates with foreign entities, and there are situations where secrecy or even duplicity could be effective diplomatic tools.

I disagree. There are no checks and balances if one branch is allowed to conceal policies to the extent we are talking about here.

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