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
of state pompeo, attorney general barr, or anyone on the outside were involved in this scheme to withhold military aid or obstruction of congress? mr. chief justice and senator, thank you so much for that question. if we remember ambassador sondland s testimony where he said everyone was in the loop, but we don t just have to take his word for it. during his hearing, mr. sondland discussed a july 19th email he sent to the president s top aides including secretary mike pompeo, acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney, mr. mulvaney s senior adviser robert blair, secretary rick perry, and brian mccormick, secretary perry s chief of staff. and we should at least start
with if we re serious about getting to the truth issuing a subpoena for state department e-mails. if you ll pay attention to the slide, in the email sondland stated quote, i talked to zelensky just now. he is prepared to receive potus s call. we ll assure him that he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will turn over every stone. he would greatly appreciate a call prior to sunday so that he can put out some media about a friendly and productive call, no details. plul mulvan mr. mulvaney in the email acknowledging receipt and responds shortly. i asked the nsc to set up the call for tomorrow six days before president trump now infamous july 25th call in which he told president zelensky to conduct investigations into the bidens in the 2016 election. mr. sondland sent an email to the president s top aides updating them on the status of the scheme. again, quote, everyone was in the loop. on august 11th, ambassador