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Blackmail allegation but whatever happens on the extortion front. >> a veteran writer with the washington post, in this clip he is talking about the security consultant that jeff bezos hired. gavin debecker told us that he does not believe that jeff bezos foep was hacked. he thinks its possible that a government entity might have gotten hold of his text messages. >> frank, if that got the attention of us civilians kicking around here, i imagine it caught the ear of the former head of counter int...

This that i dont get. ill set that aside. today the "wall street journal" made it super obvious and plain because today the "wall street journal" described efforts by the government of saudi arabia to especially buy themselves good western media coverage. to buy good western media coverage for themselves and bad western media coverage for their enemies. the "wall street journal" describes how the saudi government, in particularly, the saudi crown prince that took over the saudi government, they ...

Made sense. what would the saudis want to do with this tabloid and national enquirer company? is that that valuable to the saudi government? it makes a lot more sense in the context of the saudi government trying to buy itself western media partnerships of all kinds with all different kinds of media in order to improve their image in the west and hurt their enemies. if ami is just one piece of that effort by the saudi government, that makes more sense. and amis efforts to pursue that kind of a l...

Investigative reporter for the "the new york times" who has reported on the donald trump and the "national enquirer" and white house reporter for the daily beast who reported. thank you, im going to go to you first. that ronan farrow tweet was intrigued. do you have anything more on whether or not there were -- because he says at least one other reporter, on other reporters that may have been threatened by ami. >> we at the daily beast will have more on what you were just talking about coming ou...

President trump say. we want to be clear that mohammed bin salman has changed systems, is taking responsibility for what hes done, theres accountability and hasnt happened. >> the idea i wont kill anybody again. but let me ask you this. whats the access? we had ami, the notorious "national enquirer," which is basically a sleaze mag. you know what it is. it deals in scum. and you have the saudi arabia government and president trump. what ties them all together? >> one thing that ties them togethe...

Outrage over the murder of a washington post journalist named jamal khashoggi who is a critic of the saudi government and murdered inside a saudi consulate last year under circumstances that indicate saudi government involvement at the highest level. and no news outlet has beat the drum louder or harder against saudi arabia and the crown prince for that murder than the paper that employed that murdered columnist, "the washington post." which is owned by jeff bezos who has lately been threatened ...

I think this week is going to look back at what jeff did and basically challenges to president trump and suggesting saudi arabia and a foreign government will involve in a hack of tech. thats why i think he won the week. >> you are trying to blackmail the richest man on earth, really? >> whos going to fire me. hes like whos going to check me because i am the richist. the attorney for ami was on the sunday show this morning trying to defend it. those were all good answers and sound and reasoning ...

In a shocking statement yesterday, bezos accused american media of "extortion and blackmail." he said ami threatened to publish embarrassing photos unless he made a if false statement to the press that we have no none or basis for suggesting that amis coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces." more on the khashoggi saudi arabia piece of the puzzle later at the heart of the southern district of new york inquiry. and remember thats really the justice department northern...

Think about why is it that ami, which is by virtue an extension all accounts an e tension of donald trump and his surrogates. why would ami cordsinate legal liability with jeff bezos, which is what donald trump tweeted about. he said that shareholders of amazon should know about how bad jeff bezos a guy is. and thats exactly what ami said interestingly when they told bezos team it was okay to do all these stories. whats an interesting twist is the following. the deputy general counsel for ami wo...

Authenticity. we have seen one side of them. where does it leave us? were wondering about political motivation, about foreign governments as a specter raised by jeff bezos. we knew about the tactics of ami and the "national enquirer" for some time. as all of the legal whisperings happen, where do things stand? >> we knew about them. we have never seen them in this fashion. im fascinated by how they got these texts and the hints that saudi arabia may have been involved, which bezos team is droppi...