Jeffrey Toobin_

Jeffrey Ross Toobin (; born May 21, 1960) is an American lawyer, author, blogger, and legal analyst for CNN. During the Iran–Contra affair, Toobin served as an associate counsel on its investigation at the Department of Justice. He moved from government and the practice of law into full-time writing during the 1990s, when he published his first books. He wrote for The New Yorker from 1993 until 2020, when Toobin was fired for masturbating on-camera during a Zoom video conference call with co-workers. He apologized for his conduct and stated that he believed his camera was off during the incident.