Toobin Defends Trump’s Attacks on Judges: ‘I Do it All the Time’

A CNN panel went off script Wednesday morning after Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin took the opportunity to defend Donald Trump. Toobin specifically said that there was no problem with the president criticizing federal judges.

“Can I offer a word of defense for Donald Trump?” he asked. “Who says you can’t criticize a judge? These people serve for life. They are unaccountable to anyone, and you can’t criticize them?” he added with disbelief.

The defense sparked a minor uproar from panelists.

“So you disagree with Neil Gorsuch?” asked Wolf Blitzer, citing the judge’s opposition to Donald Trump’s broadsides against the federal judiciary.

“Absolutely I disagree with Neil Gorsuch,” Toobin shot back. “I don’t happen to agree with [Trump’s] criticism, but his right to criticize judges. Boy, I do it all the time.”

The panel took place just moments before the third day of confirmation hearings for judge Gorsuch began.

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