Well, that could have gone better: Pam Bondi gets fact-checked on her first day defending President Trump

Bondi on Sondland: "let's let the testimony come out today…He was Ambassador to the Ukraine, he is Ambassador to the Ukraine. And the president knows him, the president doesn't know him very well….of course he knows him he is the Ambassador."

— Meredith Lee (@meredithllee) November 20, 2019

“He was the Ambassador to Ukraine,” Bondi said inaccurately multiple times on CBS. “The President does not know him very well. Of course he knows him, he’s the Ambassador.”

— Kylie Atwood (@kylieatwood) November 20, 2019

This is actually a Dem talking point and referring to him as the ‘short-term ambassador to Ukraine” doesn’t help at all:

Sondland *is* the US Ambassador to the EU, not Ukraine. But that’s the problem — Dems argue Sondland and Giuliani were essentially put in that role by POTUS, after Amb. Yovanovitch was ousted.

— Meredith Lee (@meredithllee) November 20, 2019

This should have gone much better, TBH:

Sondland – Ambassador to EU

Ukrain is NOT part of the European Union

Sondland had NO business being involved from the start.

Whether Pam Bondi is serving on the communications or legal team, she is misrepresenting basic facts https://t.co/k99Clc1qqq

— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) November 20, 2019

She also avoided answering how much contact Sondland has had with the president:

Notable that Ms. Bondi did all she could to avoid this simple question: how much is/has been Gordon Sondland in contact with the President? https://t.co/SHq0uSM6Ul

— Tony Dokoupil (@tonydokoupil) November 20, 2019

Watch the interview here:

.@PamBondi, Special Advisor to President Trump and former Florida Attorney General, joins @CBSThisMorning to discuss the White House's response to the impeachment hearings. https://t.co/FyGeDMWTvr pic.twitter.com/TitzE0bMaI

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) November 20, 2019

.@TonyDokoupil asks @PamBondi if President Trump knows EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland well and if they’ve been in frequent contact.

“Well, we’re going to hear what Gordon Sondland has to say today.” https://t.co/ZxdYu56AE9 pic.twitter.com/Gy83IxhL9L

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) November 20, 2019

.@GayleKing asks @PamBondi how likely it is that President Trump will testify in the impeachment inquiry. https://t.co/ZxdYu56AE9 pic.twitter.com/44z3cFcjG9

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) November 20, 2019

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