Ty Cobb is back on his bullshit. And by that, I mean back on a talk show calling out his former boss, Donald Trump.
The former Hogan & Lovells partner turned White House special counsel (in the Trump I regime) has taken to the cable news circuit to make some biting comments about Trump. Cobb left the hallowed halls of Biglaw to join the first Trump administration, but he quickly left. Since then, he’s taken to the airwave with his signature facial hair with a folksy way of cutting through the right-wing BS.
His latest appearance, this time on The Jim Acosta Show, keeps that streak alive, and then some.
Cobb didn’t hedge. He didn’t soften. He didn’t even do that lawyerly thing where you bury the lede under a pile of qualifiers. Instead, he went straight for the jugular:
“It’s not a surprise that we’re in this much trouble. It’s not a surprise given the fact that the cabinet will not invoke the 25th Amendment for a man who’s clearly insane.”
That’s… not exactly subtle. But then again, subtlety has never really been Cobb’s brand in this phase of his post-White House life.
And he wasn’t done.
Cobb pointed to Trump’s late-night posting habits that read less like presidential communications and more like someone lost a fight with their group chat, as evidence of something deeper. “And this war highlights that. And these screeds that come out nightly, at 2 a.m. or 4 a.m. or whatever time Trump decides to vent without oversight, it highlights the level of his insanity and depravity,” Cobb said.
Acosta, perhaps channeling the audience at home, asked the obvious follow-up, “You think he’s just gone?”
Cobb’s answer, “I think he’s gone. And he makes it obvious every day.”
The former Biglaw partner turned White House lawyer turned media critic, is making increasingly dire pronouncements into the void, while the people with actual authority pretend not to hear it.
At some point, you have to wonder who this is for. The cabinet? The public? Himself?
Or maybe it’s simpler than that. Maybe this is just what accountability looks like in 2026. No formal consequences, no institutional checks, but a series of increasingly blunt TV hits where former insiders say the quiet part very, very loud.
You can watch Cobb’s appearance below.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.
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