CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin Granted ‘Time Off’ From Network After Exposing Himself On Zoom Call

In August, CNN’s Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin released a book titled, “True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump” which he described as a “behind-the-scenes legal thriller about the Mueller and impeachment investigations.”

My new book, "True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump," will be published Aug 4. It's a behind-the-scenes legal thriller about the Mueller and impeachment investigations. You don't know the half of it.https://t.co/1UQVHYWW17

— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) May 6, 2020

Today, he has been granted “time off” from the network and suspended from the New Yorker Magazine after he exposed himself on a Zoom call last week between magazine colleagues and WNYC workers, according to a report.

Toobin apologized in a statement to Vice: “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers.”

A spokeswoman for the New Yorker said, “Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended while we investigate the matter.”

Toobin last tweeted on October 13th about the Judge Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings, but he did, however, appear on CNN Saturday, according to Vice News.

Judge #Barrett said the issue in the 11-10-2020 ACA case is just severability, not preexisting conditions and lifetime limits. Not true. In the case, the Trump Administration is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entire statute. #BarrettHearing

— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) October 13, 2020

On October 8th, he criticized President Trump in a tweet for calling “for @BarackObama and @JoeBiden to be indicted and prosecuted.”

He wondered, “Have our standards fallen so far that this kind of antidemocratic authoritarian behavior passes without criticism? Is this now normal?”

Just so it's clear. @realDonaldTrump today called for @BarackObama and @JoeBiden to be indicted and prosecuted. Have our standards fallen so far that this kind of antidemocratic authoritarian behavior passes without criticism? Is this now normal?

— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) October 8, 2020

Former GOP Congressional candidate Pete D’Abrosca found a 2019 tweet from Toobin which said, “Forty percent of the Republican appointees to the Supreme Court have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct. #SCOTUS”

D’Abrosca noted, “100% of Jeffrey Toobin’s whipped their pee pee out on Zoom last week.”

100% of Jeffrey Toobin's whipped their pee pee out on Zoom last week. https://t.co/39xsyIjgsF https://t.co/VnHpSWXDNH

— Pete D’Abrosca (@pdabrosca) October 19, 2020