(CNN) A top White House aide charged with impeachment strategy and communication inaccurately said three times on a network morning television show that US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who testifies publicly Wednesday, is the "ambassador to Ukraine."

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was pressed on CBS' "This Morning" whether the President knew Sondland well and whether they were in frequent contact.

"He was ambassador to the Ukraine, he is ambassador to the Ukraine and the President knows him. The President does not know him very well. He's a short-term ambassador. Of course he knows him," Bondi said.

But Sondland has never been ambassador to Ukraine. And he has been confirmed in his post as US ambassador to the European Union since June 2018. In fact, it's his role as European Union ambassador acting in the capacity he did on Ukraine that is partly under scrutiny.

Asked again about Sondland's assertion in closed testimony that he could speak to President Donald Trump whenever he wanted, Bondi repeated her mistake a third time.

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