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The two sources described a juncture in the election simulation when there was a strategy session, and the Democrats and Republicans went into their respective break out rooms for about 10 minutes.Īt this point, they said, it seemed like Toobin was on a second video call.

There were also a handful of other producers on the call from the New Yorker and WNYC.īoth people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to speak freely, noted that it was unclear how much each person saw, but both said that they saw Toobin jerking off. Two people who were on the call told VICE separately that the call was an election simulation featuring many of the New Yorker's biggest stars: Jane Mayer was playing establishment Republicans Evan Osnos was Joe Biden, Jelani Cobb was establishment Democrats, Masha Gessen played Donald Trump, Andrew Marantz was the far right, Sue Halpern was left wing democrats, Dexter Filkins was the military, and Jeffrey Toobin playing the courts. I thought I had muted the Zoom video,” he added. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers,” Toobin told Motherboard. “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. Toobin says he did not realize his video was on.

The New Yorker has suspended reporter Jeffrey Toobin for masturbating on a Zoom video chat between members of the New Yorker and WNYC radio last week.