CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin feels 'snookered' for having taken Michael Avenatti seriously

Doug P. | 1:42 PM on February 15, 2020

Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti was found guilty on multiple charges yesterday in the Nike extortion trial, and a legal analyst for the cable news network that hosted him countless times (and even touted him as a possible contender for president) is now having second thoughts:

CNN's Toobin on Avenatti: 'I Feel Kind of Snookered Because I Took Him Seriously' https://t.co/Jp4TqVCBwS

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) February 15, 2020

.@CNN's @JeffreyToobin feels "snookered" by @MichaelAvenatti, after @Nike extortion.

How could he have known Avenatti was a serial opportunist couldn't be taken at face value?

If only there was someone whose job it was to sniff that out.https://t.co/uKwLpsSA42

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) February 15, 2020

“Snookered,” eh?

It's a major sign of poor judgment that so many people at CNN and MSNBC didn't realize that Avenatti was a train wreck in progress. https://t.co/IiWl3LymX2

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) February 15, 2020

No one was snookered. In their desperation to find someone to “take down Trump” they embraced an obvious con man. Everyone else saw it. ?‍♀️https://t.co/wGAANuxLdO

— Stacey – AKA The Liberty Gypsy (@ScotsFyre) February 15, 2020

Sorry folks. Anyone who heard Avenatti speak for longer than 60 seconds and took him seriously is a complete moron. That includes everyone at @CNN and everyone else in the MSM. P.T. Barnum was spot on about suckers. He just didnt know they would all work in one industry

— Peter DeGiglio (@PeterDeGiglio) February 15, 2020