# The Trump Impeachment Trial **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 16, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-trial/846524 "2020-01-16T20:12:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 533
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-trial/846524/533 "2020-01-29T19:49:44Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Unless Mr. Giuliani makes that statement under oath, I will continue to look at his position in this affair as one of the President’s special envoys in official capacity. I am totally in favor of Mr. Giuliani answering this question under oath, however. There may be questions run into Mr. Trump’s client-attorney privilege, especially if Mr. Giuliani is asked about personal conversations with the President, but this question about his status is not one of them. > > For that matter, the question of Mr. Giuliani’s capacity could be answered by Mr. Trump himself, in writing or in a deposition. > > The defense brief does not address Mr. Giuliani’s role in the affair. > > ~Max Have you see this letter than Guiliani presented to Zelensky? > **[Giuliani sought private meeting with Ukrainian president, documents show](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/giuliani-sought-private-meeting-ukrainian-president-documents-show-n1115691)** > > The records, released by the House Democrats, also appear to show that former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was being monitored. So is it your position that Guiliani was a super double secret envoy and that he misrepresented himself to Zelensky? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-trial/846524)._