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Thats the same charge michael cohen pleaded guilty to. and hes about to serve time in prison for it. according to the deal, should ami commit any crime subsequent to the date of this agreement, ami shall thereafter be subject to prosecution for any criminal violation of which this u.s. attorneys office has knowledge. in a statement, ami responded, american media believes fervently that it acted lawfully in the reporting of the story of mr. bezos. nonetheless in light of the nature of the allegat...

That ami and david pecker supported the president, and we know how the president certainly feels of jeff bezos which is not highly. i mean is it a chance that this who el thi whole thing mushrooms? >> yes, absolutely. we should not suggest anything is outside of the realm of possibility in the year 2019. this story keeps on getting crazier. what i will say is we are all focused so much now, at least pop culture right now and so much focus on what ami has on bezos and what are in those pictures a...

Ami has to produce documents. and then if the southern district ends up tearing up the cooperation agreement, everything that theyve learned is admissible in court. its a really difficult position for ami. and remember, that were living in this time as this is being evaluated and and the question whether or not the president is involved or theres a political motivation where the president established a reputation as somebody who is willing to do almost anything to suppress bad stories. i mean, h...

For the presidency there in minnesota. it is a cold, 14 degrees there on the banks of the mississippi river at boom island park. but a lot of hardy souls are out there. the signs, were getting a glimpse of what her message will be, it is amy for america. of course we had kamala harris who said kamala for the people. in the meantime, were still getting things ready there. well check back as soon as we see the senator on the stage. now to the latest in the battle between the richest man in the w...

Is what will be pursued over the next several days and perhaps weeks. >> you continue to say in your blog that it could have major ramifications for amazon, the media industry and even the trump white house. cynthia, as we pay attention to all of this and saw the blog posting by jeff bezos, do we get a sense that hes already had a conversation or two with the southern district here in new york? >> i dont know. thats a really good question. i dont know. i dont think he needs to at this point. he ...

Not blackmail. >> kind of extortion and blackmail. theres a reason why jeff bezos put this on medium at not in a lawsuit. its actually very difficult to prove a case of criminal extortion or criminal blackmail. as the lawyer was kind of saying, you can kind of pass this off as settlement negotiations. if you are a lawyer, this doesnt -- for lay people, it doesnt make a lot of sense. if you are a lawyer, you can say, give me a million dollars or i will ruin your life. thats lawyer foreplay. what ...

There was a connection between the united states government and the publication by ami of this 100-page magazine about how great saudi arabia is. and they sort of issued a non-denial denial. like, i think the quote was, to our knowledge there is no connection to the u.s. state department, which raised some real eyebrows. so there is a lot of reporting yet to be done on the connections between the saudis, david pecker and the trump administration. >> you know, when you look at -- back at iran-con...

Cynthia, lets start with you. anybody in possible legal jeopardy as a result of all of this? >> yes. ami is in serious legal jeopardy. they had a cooperation agreement with the southern district of new york not to commit any crimes and now what has happened is if when you read just the memos that they sent -- it was just hard to believe they actually wrote it down and sent memos, but they wrote memos saying basically if you dont do what we tell you well do, well release photos then they detailed...

Hes somebody who has been interviewed in this sort of private investigation that bezos has funded. so it may be all of these geopolitical political forces or it may come down to something much more personal or some combination thereof. >> i agree that we dont have any evidence. as i said at the outset, you know, that would led us to firm conclusions, but there are other data points, and one of them is a 100-page publication called "the new kingdom." it was put out by ami, the owner of "national ...

They are millionaires. they are making millions of dollars a year, and yet, they are relying on the donations of hard-working americans to pay their legal bills. whether or not its legal, yes, it may be legal, but its not fair and its not right and they should be paying their own legal bills in this situation. >> okay, want to get in a question about ami and jeff bezos, of course. federal prosecutors looking into whether "the national enquirer" violated its nonprosecution deal in the michael coh...