People familiar with the matter said that Toobin exposed himself when he began masturbating during the Zoom, apparently as part of a different video call. Toobin was sidelined last October after what happened on the Zoom call became public. Toobin said he was “incredibly grateful” to continue working at the network.

Going forward, Toobin will be back on CNN regularly in his chief legal analyst role, a spokesman confirmed. “I am trying to become the kind of person that people can trust again,” he said. He mentioned “therapy ” public service like working a food bank and a forthcoming book about the Oklahoma City bombing. Toobin said he has spent his “miserable months” off-air “trying to be a better person.” And so, you know, I got a lot to rebuild, but I feel very privileged and very lucky that I’m going to be able to try to do that,” he said. “And I’m sorry to the people who read my work and who watched me on CNN who thought I was a better person than this. In the interview, Toobin expressed apologies to his wife and family, to the people who were on the Zoom call that day, and to his colleagues. He added, “I didn’t think other people could see me,” but he admitted that was no defense. Toobin described himself as a “flawed human being who makes mistakes” and said his conduct was “deeply moronic and indefensible.” She summarized the situation and said, “To quote Jay Leno, ‘What the hell were you thinking?’” “I feel like we should address what’s happened in the months since we’ve seen you,” Camerota said. Toobin was interviewed by anchor Alisyn Camerota on “CNN Newsroom” about that incident, and about recent legal news. Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN as the network’s chief legal analyst on Thursday, eight months after he exposed himself during a Zoom call with colleagues at The New Yorker.

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