Fireworks: RFK Jr vs. Jeffrey Toobin over Michael Skakel Winning New Trial

‘You should disclose that you’ve been biased towards Michael’s conviction ever since’

TOOBIN: "Wait a second, Robert. let me interrupt for one second. Your article in 'The Atlantic.'"
KENNEDY: "Is this Jeffrey Toobin?"
TOOBIN: "Yes. Your article in 'The Atlantic.'"
KENNEDY: "You should disclose that from the beginning you have absolutely been dogged long before Michael was convicted that Michael was guilty. That was your bias from the beginning. And that was every news report that you did on that, Jeffrey -- "
TOOBIN: "No, my bias was watching the trial and the evidence. I, like the jury thought he was guilty. But what I read in today's opinion was that the judge completely rejected the whole Kobe Bryant thing -- Toby Bryant thing. He rejected the argument that Mickey Sherman made to the jury and the argument that you made in your 'The Atlantic' article that the real killer was Ken Littleton. What the judge said in today's opinion -- "
KENNEDY: "No, no. Jeffrey you're up to it again. You're up to it again. You're twisting the facts here. The judge in this trial said that Mickey was -- he would not fault Mickey for not having found Kobe Bryant -- I mean Tony Bryant and those -- and the gentleman who were with Tony Bryant. He didn't reject that theory of the case. He didn't fault Mickey for not finding them. I would agree with. What he did fault him for -- "
TOOBIN: "This is the key point. The judge said the evidence all points to your other cousin, Thomas Skakel. He said the failure here -- "
KENNEDY: "No. This is what you did with -- "
TOOBIN: "That's what the judge said Michael."
KENNEDY: "You're trying to convict somebody before they have a trial. Thomas Skakel has never been on trial for this. And I never said that Kenny Littleton did this murder. And I wouldn't do that because I wouldn't convict somebody before they went on trial like you do, Jeffrey. What I said is -- "
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KENNEDY: "What I said there was stronger evidence against many other people than Michael Skakel, and what his attorney failed to do, which any attorney in their first year criminal attorney would do studying criminal law is you bring in that evidence because that goes to reasonable doubt. If you can point to somebody else and say, this person is more likely to have committed this crime than the person who's on trial, why, that is the basis for reasonable doubt. And that's what the judge was saying."

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