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After the story broke getting out of a helicopter. he admitted that was something he arranged. he admitted hes long time friends with dylan howard, the ceos number two, the chief content officer for ami. this is a long-standing relationship, and when you saw amis attorney go on george stephanopouloss show on sunday, he said that he wouldnt name the leaker but said its someone well known to both jeff bezos and lauren sanchez and providing information to the enquirer for seven years. we believe th...

Thats particularly interesting to the investigative team bezos put together because of his ties to people in president trumps orbit. they include roger stone who hes friend with. carter page who he used to represent. scottie nel hughes. that raised red flags for them. and were confident in our sourcing and there have been additional sources since then. >> as you know michael sanchez is on the record denying hes the source of this. nbc news has not independently confirmed your reporting. others r...

Story with the vehemence that they did and devote the resources that they did to it in an effort to please some other party? whether thats president donald trump, who, of course, ami ceo david pecker is longtime friends, the saudi government, which we find out today was collaborating with the "national enquirer" on a glossy issue that was very praise-worthy of the saudi royal family. those questions remain unanswered. but they are ones that investigators are looking into, in jeff bezos circle of...

And national security prosecutor joseph marino here with us to answer some questions. so ami is the parent company of the "national enquirer," and the lawyer for was given to the enquirer. lets listen to this. >> if absolutely is not extortion and not blackmail. what happened was the story was given to the national enquirer by a reb liable source that had given information to the national enquirer for seven years prior to this story. it was a source that was well-known to both mr. bezos and miss...

>> the political motivation of the -- of the story. i mean, we know that david pecker has done things in the past. >> hes had a long relationship with donald trump and has proktd protected him. >> and has protected him and paid $150,000 to karen mcdoolg doogal. but this story, the bezos story in particular, we dont know it was particularly motivated. but he says it wasnt. still, the issue is can you get a publication like "the washington post," to print something or not print something by a thre...

Given information to the national enquirer for seven years prior to this story. it was a source well-known to both mr. bazos and mr. sanchez. all what ami was the truth. bazos and ms. sanchez knew who the source was. it was not the white house. it was not saudi arabia. >> peckers attorney said he could not confirm or deny if sanchezs brother was the tipster who provided the texts and photos. after the enquirer asked for comments last month about his alleged affair bazos and sanchez announced the...

And doing something they tell you to do you have to register so that people know what they are seeing and really arent influenced inappropriately, if ami was working with the saudi government in any way and didnt disclose it they may have to add a farrah violation to their least of legal whoas. >> in addition to the saudis the white house still failed to report to congress about the killing of jamal khashoggi and who may be responsible. what is mbs responsible? what comes next? >> the executive ...

Jamal khashoggis death and anything else that involved the crown prince of saudi arabia. we have to rely on our intelligence and law enforcement officials. we have to explore the context. there is no media in saudi arabia. when we see someone like him going on american television we have to assume he is using our media platforms to spread propaganda like they do at home. >> how does it relate to the reporting on their links to ami and approach device news? >> ami and the saudis are denying any l...

With a possible resolution this week. a lawyer for the national enquirer ceo denies the tablet extorted amazons ceo jeff bazos. bazos posted e-mails from a lawyer for ami which owns the enquirer. the lawyers say bazos should say publicly he had no evidence that its politically motivated. in return they said the inquirer would not publish lewd pictures to and from bazos in its possession. bazos called that blackmail and extortion. on sunday peckers attorney rejected the extortion claim and the ...

Ami. he said no evidence that the coverage is politically motivated. ami chief executive dave pecker is a confidant of president trump. in return, to a ami reporter said that "the national enquirer" would not publish pictures in its possession. speaking on abcs this week, peckers attorney rejected the extortion claim and the so-called saudi angle advanced by bezos. >> its not extortion or blackmail. what happened was the story was given to "the national enquirer" by a reliable source that had gi...