Jeffrey Toobin, who rejoined CNN as a legal analyst after leaving after exposing himself to colleagues on a Zoom call, said Friday he is leaving the network after 20 years. Toobin announced the move in a tweet, saying he was happy to spend his last day on the air with friends Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon. “I love all my former colleagues,” he wrote. Toobin was fired from The New Yorker magazine in 2020 after news broke that he was spotted masturbating on a Zoom call with magazine employees. Toobin said he didn’t realize his camera was on and apologized for the incident. CNN brought him back on the air eight months after the incident. Toobin has been with CNN since 2002 and is the author of several books, most recently “True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump,” published in August 2020. His 1996 book, “The Run of His Life: The People v. OJ Simpson,” was adapted into an FX series.
Friends, I’ve decided that, after 20 years, I’m leaving @cnn after my vacation. It was great to spend my last day in the air with friends Wolf, Anderson and Don. I love all my former colleagues. Watch for my next book, about the Oklahoma City bombing, coming in 2023 by @simonandschuster — Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) August 12, 2022
