No, That Was Not Jeffrey Toobin Commenting on CNN About Andrew Cuomo

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Twitter is outraged. Users on the social media platform believe they have spotted Jeffrey Toobin on CNN commenting on the sexual misconduct investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

This would be a mini-scandal on its own. Toobin sheepishly returned to the air at CNN in July, months after he was caught accidentally (?) jacking off on a Zoom call with the staff of the New Yorker. He was fired by The New Yorker but held on to his job at CNN by the skin of his… teeth. So CNN having him on air to comment on Andrew Cuomo’s own indiscretions would have been a fairly psychedelic move by the network.

But Toobin was not on the air. The man in the little box on the bottom left of your screen is not CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, it is CNN political director David Chalian.

While Chalian handled the politics commentary, for legal commentary CNN had on longtime legal analyst Paul Callan, who is also not Jeffrey Toobin.

Nonetheless, a series of prominent pundits expressed their shock and dismay at the appearance of Toobin, who, once again, did not appear on the network.

There is nothing more amazing than watching @JeffreyToobin analyze the @andrewcuomo allegations on @CNN. pic.twitter.com/Z0itDNM17O

— Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) August 3, 2021

Some, including Megyn Kelly and Clay Travis, have since issued corrections regarding the identity of the CNN analyst.

This was actually David Chalian, not Jeffrey Toobin so, still more room to fall, cnn!

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 3, 2021

My bad it was David Chalian. He’s Toobin’s doppelgänger. We are in studio now live reacting to news on @clayandbuck. Worth mentioning that CNN still employees Chris Cuomo too, who advised his brother on how to call these women liars.

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 3, 2021

This story has been updated with updates from pundits who realized they had mistaken Toobin for Chalian.

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