not a lawyer but i play one on tv. >> he went on to emphasize it was a free speech issue and his hands were tied. other than attacking toobin, though, he really didn't answer the question about his political ties. here's what we uncovered in michigan campaign finance records. thousands of dollars paid by the cox campaign to andrew shirvell. this goes back to, way back to 2002 to a campaign. consulting fees, pay roll fees and other campaign-related expenses. shirvell it turns out also worked on mr. cox's 2006 campaign. as for his job, attorney general cox described him as a front line grunt assistant prosecutor. he works in the office's appellate division which makes him more than a simple grunt. we invited mr. cox to come back on the program and talk, he declined. he did take a shot at current michigan governor, jennifer granholm, who tweeted yesterday if she were still attorney general she would have fired shirvell by now. cox said i don't know why she's so freaking irresponsible. she went to harvard law school
so there's court action pending against shirvell and a no trespass orderner effect. yet today when we contacted the attorney general's office they asked for details from both from us, seemingly unaware of either. we also have questions of the role and connection to shirvell. i first asked him about those ties on wednesday. >> jeffrey toobin last night on this program, cnn legal analyst, said this is more about you than about shirvell. and he said that shirvell's a political ally of yours who worked on your campaign and that, you know, you campaigned on family values and weren't very supportive of, you know, gay rights. and to fire him would be politically difficult for you and that that plays a part in this story. i wanted you to be able to respond to that. >> well, you know, mr. toobin reminds me of the old joke, i'm not a lawyer but i play one on tv. >> he went on to emphasize it was a free speech issue and his hands were tied. other than attacking toobin,