

“I suspect he thought that when the breakout rooms started, he was disconnected and he didn’t realize we’d all returned to a live camera.”Īll the while, participants continued as if nothing were wrong, one person on the call said. “I am quite sure that Toobin didn’t realize that the people on the New Yorker call could see him,” Mx. Masha Gessen, a New Yorker writer, played President Trump. Participants on the New Yorker/WNYC call played roles simulating what might happen on election night. Toobin “has been suspended while we investigate the matter.” Toobin has worked for more than 25 years, said in a statement that Mr. Toobin, 60, declined to comment further.Ī spokeswoman for The New Yorker, where Mr. When asked by email on Monday evening about the nature of the second call, Mr. “I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me.” “I thought I had muted the Zoom video,” he added.
