Camerota noted that Toobin has “covered the bad judgment and sexual proclivities of public figures” and asked why he hadn’t learned from his coverage. Toobin added that he spent his leave “trying to be a better person” by going to therapy, volunteering at a food bank, and apologizing to his former New Yorker colleagues. 'But look, that's why they don't ask the criminal to be the judge in his own case.' /mswiEcbBJZ- Oliver Darcy June 10, 2021

He adds that he feels firing him was 'excessive punishment.' he was told that The New Yorker reviewed his whole career and didn't find any other instances of misconduct. This was deeply moronic and indefensible.” The journalist went on to repeat the claim he gave in response to the initial news - that he’d thought his camera was turned off - while qualifying it with “That’s not a defense. Toobin made his return in an interview with Newsroom anchor Alisyn Camerota, who quoted Jay Leno to ask the question on all of our minds: “What the hell were you thinking?” “Well obviously, I wasn’t thinking very well, or very much,” Toobin answered. Toobin returned to the network, where he serves as chief legal analyst, on June 10, after having been put on leave in response to news that he had masturbated on-camera during an October New Yorker video call.

That so-called “ Zoom dick incident” might have cost Jeffrey Toobin his New Yorker gig, but the now-infamous legal journalist still has CNN. He says he's working to be a better person. “You were caught masturbating on camera … to quote Jay Leno, ‘What the hell were you thinking?'” says he “wasn’t thinking” and apologizes to his family, those on Zoom call, and CNN colleagues.

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