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Campaign finance violation. and theres also the intriguing aspect of if ami was getting resources from the saudis or some other government that theyre also acting as an agent for that foreign government, and we saw that go on with the skmarc manafort and gates situation. thats an area that the justice department has become much more rigorous about enforcing. >> carl bernstein, thank you very much. shan wu as well. obviously well be keeping a close eye on this story. appreciate it. much more ahea...

>> thats not true. i happen to be highly self-loathing. thats why im so pushed for achievement. im not as comfortable with myself as you are. someone suggests too comfortable. >> so we were talking about one of your former colleagues. remember sam donaldson was on. >> great mentor. >> another one of your former colleagues is going to join me and talked about ami screwed up their immunity deal and what it means legally. mr. dan abrams is here. >> beautiful guy. great booking. ill see you in a sec...

Statute, the florida statute, the new york statute, this is extortion at least by state statute. >> you do? >> i do. because you can say that any positive press at a time when youre working a contract would be something of value. i think its going to be easy to prove the thing of value is -- >> i get that. >> that was the one piece of the extortion that wasnt there. they said if you do this, i wont do this. and by the way, that happens all across america. sexting cases. theres a precedent on thi...

There are so many intersections in places this could go. the thing thats most striking to me is that if youre willing to jeopardize cooperation agreement by putting a threat in an e-mail, that suggests a level of panic and concern that really should get everybodys antenna going and i would suspect, especially prosecutors. i would ask you, first, what kind of exposure does the violation of the agreement present? and then two, wont the prosecutors be able to go to ami and find out where they got t...

And ami could face some legal jeopardy. theyre going to have lots of questions. how did the "national enquirer" get their hands on this material which could spell even more trouble for this group. and whether or not it was politically motivated. this had open a lot of doors that will lead to a lot of trouble. >> thank you. appreciate your time. >> ill bring in now mr. james clapper. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, don. >> give me your takeaway from the acting a.g. whitakers testimony today....

Theyve not been briefing the department of justice on parts of their investigation. so he may not have known what was going on at the southern district of new york. nonetheless, whether or not he had those conversations with the president, he would not go there. >> lets talk about jeff bezos. were learning that prosecutors are looking into his claims about the "national enquirer" to see if they violated anything. what do you know? >> this spells a big problem for ami, for david pecker. the south...

Ami, for david pecker. the southern district of new york is not playing around. if they get any sense, theyre pretty aggressive, relentless. if i think that am sximpb david pecker went against this deal. they gave them this nonprosecution agreement. they wouldnt prosecute them for their involvement. if they get any expense ami was doing this, that there was anything criminal here, theyll rip up the cooperation agreement. and ami could face some legal jeopardy. theyre going to have lots of questi...

Promising to look into the investigation, including what he called distortion and blackmail when ami threatened to leak risque photos of him. sources telling cnn federal prosecutors are looking into his accusations. in his blog post, ami says he had a cozy relationship not just with the trump white house but with saudi arabia, also alleged in published reports. last year ami put out a 97-page flossy magazine heralding the kingdoms new crown prince ahead of the trip to the u.s. the saudi embassy ...

Him and a woman he was having an affair with. >> so american media incorporated, or ami is so deeply involved with the president. heres with, its the publisher of the tabloid national magazine "national enquirer." and the chairman and ceo david pecker is a long time friend of president trump. during the election in 2016, the paper published papers and headlines favoring president trump and many that taxieded secretary of state hillary clinton. but all began when the southern district of the new ...

Amazon ceo jeff bozo on twitter and says this about his looming divorce of his wife of 25 years. >> i wish him luck. its going to be a beauty. >> reporter: no doubt, this is a complex web of personal history. bezos without prove is saying here is clear, that ami had reasons to protect and promote the saudis. in his newspaper, "the washington post" and their relentless coverage of the khashoggi murder angered amis friends, driving home the point of his afared and the attempted black mail were pol...