All posts tagged "Jeffrey Toobin"

A CNN analysis keyed in on the latest bombshell revelation about a White House leaker to tear into President Donald Trump's media ban.

On Wednesday, former federal prosecutor and columnist Jeffrey Toobin spoke with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper about the hearing regarding Trump's media ban. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly was still expected to rule on a temporary restraining order sought by lawyers for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, who were kicked out of the White House by the ban.

Cooper brought up that the Department of Justice argued to keep the ban in place by citing national security concerns. Toobin said, "It's understandable why the White House is trying this, because the courts are at their most deferential to the executive branch when it comes to national security."...

Former President Donald Trump and his supporters, faced with a tougher election now that Vice President Kamala Harris has stepped in as the nominee, have taken to claiming that the replacement of President Joe Biden from the ticket is a "coup," or even that it could be "unconstitutional" and invalid on state ballots.

But this is nonsense, former federal prosecutor and CNN legal commentator Jeffrey Toobin told Anderson Cooper on Thursday.

"So is there any legal footing for this argument that it was unconstitutional for Harris to become the nominee?" asked Cooper....

Is Army Private First Class Bradley Manning a whistleblower or a criminal for releasing thousands of secret State Department documents? CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald debate the topic Tuesday night on CNN.

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin on Tuesday explained that special prosecutor Angela Corey in Florida may want to arrest George Zimmerman now that his lawyers have quit.

An appeals court judge who claimed President Barack Obama was challenging the authority of federal courts was just throwing a "judicial hissy-fit," according to CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.