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Jeffrey Toobin to pen book on ‘Mueller and other Trump investigations’

by Joe Concha - 11/14/17 5:00 PM ET

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin announced Tuesday his plans for an upcoming book focused on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Trump campaign staff and Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Toobin, who also writes for The New Yorker, made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday.

“Pleased to announce I will be writing a book for @doubledaybooks about the Mueller and other Trump investigations. Advice/tips are welcome!” Toobin tweeted.

Pleased to announce I will be writing a book for @doubledaybooks about the Mueller and other Trump investigations. Advice/tips are welcome!https://t.co/d4EFoclQRR

— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) November 14, 2017

Toobin has penned several bestsellers, including “The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson,” which was made into an Emmy award-winning FX series, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” in 2016. He also wrote “American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst.”

The Mueller-Trump book will be published by Doubleday Publishing. {mosads}

“This is the book that Jeff Toobin was born to write,” Doubleday editor-in-chief Bill Thomas said in a statement.

No release date has been announced for the yet-to-be-titled book.

Toobin has been a CNN legal analyst since 2002 and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker for 24 years.

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