Jeffrey Ross Toobin is an American

United States

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 lawyer, author, and legal analyst for CNN

CNN

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 and The New Yorker

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Toobin was born in New York City

New York City

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, New York

New York

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., the son of former ABC News

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 and CBS News

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 correspondent Marlene Sanders

Marlene Sanders

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 and Jerome Toobin

Jerome Toobin

Jerome Toobin was a television producer. He was Bill Moyers’ producer, including as the first executive producer of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS in the 1970s, and at CBS...

. He attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, in New York City and attended Harvard College

Harvard College

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 where he covered sports for The Harvard Crimson

The Harvard Crimson

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, using the column name "Inner Toobin." He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in 1982 and earned a Truman Scholarship

Truman Scholarship

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