Former CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin describes ‘the worst thing’ Trump can do in the midterms: Fire the House clerk and install ‘a MAGA ally’

Former CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin describes ‘the worst thing’ Trump can do in the midterms: Fire the House clerk and install ‘a MAGA ally’

Jeffrey Toobin, CNN’s former chief legal analyst, outlined a scenario in which President Donald Trump could attempt to alter control of the House of Representatives after the midterms in November by seeking the removal of the House clerk and installing a replacement willing to certify a different list of newly elected members. Toobin, who has covered elections and the courts for three decades, discussed the possibility with Newsweek‘s director o…