# What's up with Giuliani? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 3, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-giuliani/841181 "2019-10-03T00:21:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-giuliani/841181/21 "2019-10-06T23:29:52Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > It doesn’t seem to get a lot of press but Rudy has a couple of big (Ukrainian-American) friends/clients - Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman - who are looking for LNG contacts from Ukraine. They are rumored to be paying him and helping Trump by trashing Biden might just be a side hustle. > > It is always about Energy and Money… Perhaps it is getting more press. Here are articles about Parnas & Fruman - from the folks at [Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project](https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/meet-the-florida-duo-helping-giuliani-dig-dirt-for-trump-in-ukraine) and the [Miami Herald](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article235501772.html). ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-giuliani/841181/22 "2019-10-07T00:34:40Z")
> [@mjmlabs](#): > > That’s … an interesting accusation, coming from someone who cited a deceptively-edited YouTube video as a source earlier this week. \ > > I only wonder: Do you realize that you’re promulgating pernicious nonsense, or are you actually taken in by it? _Chutzpah_, or credulity? > > Enough; you have become tiresome. Иди и не беспокой меня больше. Please do not post in languages other than English. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-giuliani/841181/23 "2019-10-07T00:36:23Z")
> [@Northeast\_Refugee](#): > > Do you realize that for 8 long years we had a President who warmly welcomed anti-Semites like Al Sharpton to the White House? Изучи фактишки-то, потом вякай, дятлок. This is a warning for personal insults. Also, please do not post in languages other than English. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Fentoine\_Lum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@Fentoine\_Lum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fentoine_Lum)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-giuliani/841181/24 "2019-10-07T17:22:48Z")
> [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](#): > > I have a bunch of questions about Rudy Giuliani. I would like factual answers to my questions so I thought about posting in General Questions. The are political though, so maybe this thread belongs in Elections. That said, the questions I am asking are really legal questions, so I decided to put this in Great Debates. In no particular order: > [ul] > [li]Is Giuliani the President’s personal attorney (i.e. Trump’s attorney), or is he a government employee (like the White House Counsel) that serves the office of the President of the US?[/li][li]Does he have security clearance and does it matter?[/li][li]Has he been doing the work of (or for) the State Department (i.e. conducting diplomacy)? Is it legal for a private individual to conduct diplomacy for the US? Does it matter?[/li][li]How about the Justice Department, has he been working for them?[/li][li]If he has been conducting diplomacy or investigations for the US Government, can he really be said to have attorney/client privilege on his actions? If his actions are official (i.e. countenanced by the President or Attorney General), does this make a difference?[/li][/ul] I rather think the question is, what is up with america. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-giuliani/841181.md?page=1)