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Not saying that they are fake or false. and these e-mails outline goal that go beyond the "enquirers" obvious desire to simply enrich itself or make money. they seem to be a goal that they wanted to cut off bezos, "the post," finding out where they got the stuff. if they had just got it from a private i, that wouldnt have been so bad. >> jeff bezos clearly seems to think there is a saudi connection, but we dont have further evidence of that. i just think we should be careful about a rush to judg...

Slo shore it up. you have the preliminary outlines of it but im not so sure law enforcement is going to find that at this stage with nothing more. you know, theyre going to engage in a prosecutorial decision to prosecute the case. there are other aspects, public relations and so on. >> its important to remember that ami is already under a nonprosecution agreement with the southern district of new york. isnt that a breach of contract? >> thats a great point and im glad you raised it. let me get i...

Initial facts? >> when someone cooperates with the southern district of new york, we do it a little different than other districts. it is all or nothing. you have to tell us everything you know. other districts will tell a cooperator, you can just sort of answer this narrow band of questions. in the southern district, the standard rule is you have to tell us everything. it is all or nothing. i would say this has ami at the ready. if they want to demand documents or details, i would say up to thi...

Proceedings because on the day bezos announced his divorce, trump said what is going to be a buttesy. trump is always interested in billionaires getting divorced and all of the financial consequences. so i would suspect trump is paying attention to this. bezos is on his informal enemies list. he called him bozo last month. so trump is interested in these subjects for sure. >> and lets talk about the other thing brian mentioned in his piece and that is the immunity deal between david pecker and a...

Wouldnt drag the president to it. that visit to the white house is them saying im going to the white house, why dont you come with me. im really important. wouldnt it be great if youre invested in this company. i see more of that happening than i do any grander conspiracy about the president getting the saudis to invest in ami to go after the washington post. that part is just a bridge too far. >> yeah, chris, can i point something out. everybody is applauding bezos for going public with this an...

Pecker. >> ami, you know, deal involving the southern district had everything to do with the michael cohen payments to the two women, you know, donald trump and all of that stuff. >> thats right. >> its amazing how so much of this is either intertwined or very complicated -- >> right, and bezos is not -- look, bezos is not out of his mind when he makes the connections that, number one, ami has borrowed a lot of money from the saudis. they published that dossier with the public relations thing. t...

With the campaign finance crimes cohen was charged with, so theyre right back facing those. they have no defense to that. on top of that, youve got the possibility of new investigations going on with regard to the extortion. and then perhaps the most intriguing aspect is why is mr. pecker so upset about the saudi connection. as they dig into that, its possible if you find a money trail back to the saudis, we know that ami has been interested in getting saudi funding and there could be issues the...

Trying to connect the dots for us here. >> reporter: the "national enquirer" parent company hitting back today at stinging allegations and revelations by amazon founder jeff bezos, saying in a statement it believes fer venltly that it acted lawfully, in good faith negotiations to resolve all matters with bezos. american media inc. promising investigation against the list of allegations against them, including extortion and blackmail. when ami threatened to leak risque photos of him. sources tell...

And all of these things. >> it doesnt mean you cant knock the "national enquirer." it has brought many things to light. not all of them pleasant. >> and number two, the president cant stand jeff bezos. >> the "washington post" was purchased by the gentleman that runs and has a big stake in amazon, right? you know his name. correct. bezos. you know his name. so now, he uses that as a political weapon. he uses the "washington post" as his power tool. >> the "washington post," thats basically the l...

Cooperated or called the fbi? and they wont comment on that. >> put this in context. theres a lot of working pieces. bezos owns "the washington post," which has been both critical of president trump and the alleged saudi murder of of jamal khashoggi, one of that you are reporters, which trump has basically let slide. is what bezos suggesting merely conspiracy theory? or real evidence of, like, a political cover-up attempt? >> so, exhibit a in the case of amis weird difficult-to-explain, so far u...