sondland e-mailed mr. bret ball to ask him to brief with the aim of, quote, making the boss happy, the boss being the president, enough to authorize the investigation. ambassador sondland arrow kurt and i fwoernegotiated a stateme be delivered for our review in a day or two. the contents will hopefully make the boss happy enough to authorize an invitation. he's talking about the invitation for a white house oval office meeting which we know was much more critical and important than a sideline meeting at the u.n. yet, further evidence and i quote, everyone was in the loop. attorney general barr reportedly responded at some point there was a "new york times" article that was done and attorney general barr responded to that article by stating that he was aware of doj investigations into