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And then was it wrongful? theres a hard line between business negotiations and something that crosses the line. i would be willing to stand up in front of a jury and say these e-mails when they were threatening to put out these lured lewd photos, like you were weighing your wedding ring at the time, that crosses the line from standard business practice. >> can i ask another question? what is it in that cooperation agreement beyond what we know about, the payments to the two women, night prosecut...

Thats why they did it. the glassy piece didnt fit criteria. so thats why im saying i 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, c...

Country, ex-tolling him and how great he was. saudi arabia denying connection to that. the press reported the embassy got a copy of this ahead of the grocery stores when they got it as well. theres also reporting in "the wall street journal" that ami and david pecker looked to saudi arabia to help them in financing or anything like that. so it is not clear what the connections might be, but clearly saudi arabia is a place that ami cares about. and this is something jeff bezos alluded to in his m...

Catch and kill means they buy rights to the story. and the prosecutors say that ami helped by the investigation and granted aami to cooperate, essentially flipping on the president. now that deal contained language that said if the company committed any crimes in the future ami could face prosecution. the allegations by jeff bezos of extortion and blackmail could, could qualify as breaking that deal. hes the only one with those claims, ronan farrow and the daily beast all recount similar account...

And i wonder also, on top of that, if you look at all of those negative headlines and stories about hillary clinton, many of them that were not true, if theres any recourse there. one, are they doing the presidents bidding? two, can hillary do anything about it? >> well, first of all, on the deal that ami made with federal prosecutors, its clear theyre admitting some sort of wrongdoing here. and it relates to, you know, the payoffs of people on behalf of donald trump. so thats already in the pub...

Saying -- you know, they would typically say, we did nothing wrong. we had every right to do this. this was just a dispute. again, their argument is, in es n ence, we thought they were about to publish falsehoods in "the washington post." they thought we were about to publish pictures in the "enquirer." we were trying to work out a negotiation or a deal. thats amis essential defense here. were th whether that holds water, its not an easy defense, but its also not a frivolous one. >> in 2016, the...

Remember sam donaldson was on the show earlier in the week. >> oh, yeah. love him. great mentor. >> another one of your former colleagues is going to join me tonight and talk about that ami screwed up their immunity deal, what it means for them legally. mr. dan abrams. >> oh, genius. that guy is great tv, and he knows the law. beautiful guy. great booking. ill see you in a second. >> hes in great shape too. hes ripped. >> he is. he is. hes not playing tennis with a dog. ill see you in a second. ...

Mr. trump has not agreed with the cia conclusion that the saudi crown prince ordered khashoggis killing. khashoggi, of course, worked for "the washington post" owned by amazon founder jeff bezos. an intriguing part of bezos explosive blog post alleging he tried to black mail and distort him are questions and ties about the tabloids, saudi arabia and the white house. >> that comes as to whether they violated its immunity deal. >> reporter: the national enquirers parent company hitting back today ...

2016 election. that payment was meant to catch and kill her claims of an affair with trump. ami bought exclusive rights to the story and buried it. prosecutors said ami helped with their investigation and in return they granted pecker and ami immunity for the cooperation, essentially flipping on the president. that deal contained language saying if the company committed any crimes in the following three years, ami could face prosecution. the allegations by jeff bezos of extortion and blackmail c...

A threat to expose embarrassing photos of the worlds richest man might instead expose grossly unethical and legally questionable tactics of the company that allegedly leveled the threat, the national inquirenquirer publisher ami. accusing ami of extortion and blackmail. to back up the claim that bezos shared e-mails that he said ami executives sent him. threatening to release intimate photos of him and his girlfriend unless he publicly states the enquirers coverage is not politically motivated. ...