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That he wanted to put a bullet in khashoggi. the story gets worse for the stories and donald trumps best friend in the media gets more and more desperate to take down the news organization report, one of the reporting on it. >> the enemy of my enemy is my friend. that may be applicable when we talk about ami, bezos, and saudi arabia. now, understand that saudi arabia has an outstanding external and internal intelligence service. they are very capable of engaging in all kinds of dirty tricks as w...

Are now on this. the same prosecutors who did that deal with the tabloid, with american media, the parent company of that tabloid, the same prosecutors who did that deal with them and secured that cooperation as part of the -- its prosecution of those felony charges involving the presidents campaign, multiple news outlets report today that those same prosecutors are now reviewing this alleged extortion attempt by the tabloid and its executives to see if that effort constitutes a crime. constitut...

Or its parent company ami has already come under fire for sort of these dirty tactics. so whether its hiding a story that could be damaging about president trump during the campaign, which is something thats got them in trouble with federal prosecutors in new york, or possibly this latest allegation with jeff bezos. it shows that very possibly really going far beyond what mainstream reporters will do to confirm a story. they were allegedly trying to extort him and say dont speak out and say that...

This can be seen as yet another battle between trump ally and his critics. ami says it was merely involved in good faith negotiations. they are using the practice of catch and kill to keep two women from publicizing their claims they had affairs with the president. throughout the campaign ami acted as a pr wing, you might say, of the trump campaign, promoting the candidate and savaging his opponents. joined by former federal prosecutor and former reporter for the "daily beast" and katy feng. tha...

Journalists involved in breaking stories about the "national enquirers" arrangement with trump fuelled blackmail efforts. theyve reported on the ties between donald trump and the publisher of the "national enquirer." white house reporter for the daily beast that first reported jeff bezos was investigating for leaked text. im going to go to you first. that ronan farrow tweet -- do you have more on whether or not there were -- he says on other reporters that may have been threatened by ami? >> we ...

Funding for their media enterprise, so theres already a nexus, theres already a relationship of some kind. one hand, washington, could easily have happened here. we could be looking at yet another foreign entanglement involving our media, this administration, and the attempts to stifle free and open reporting against this administration. >> prosecutors will have ami in a vice grip. they used to have some protection where he were allegedly a media organization. now theyre starting to look more li...

Amazons jeff bezos, the owner of the "washington post," called the national enquirer on its bluff, alleging blackmail and extortion in a jaw-dropping post on medium. ami, the national enquirer parent company, threatened to publish more embarrassing texts and below the belt selfies unless jeff bezos agreed to end an investigation into how the tabloid had acquired the lewd photos and messages the national enquirer used to expose the extra marital affair last month. the national enquirer says it ha...

And a lot of questions. i think we should be careful about answering them. >> the other thing we have to note is bezos mistress has a brother named mark sanchez. hes an associate with mr. trump figure, carter page and roger stone. hes had something of a relationship with ami over the years. hes something thats been interviewed in the private investigation that bezos funded. it may be all of these geopolitical forces or it may come down to something much more personal or some combination. >> i ag...

Though. are they going to say come on -- even if this isnt a crime which again i think it could be charged as a federal extortion. thats the not the issue. the issue is this is not conduct you as a company should have been engaging in while under this agreement. what was it that they were trying to ward off? why were they willing to risk -- >> manafort in the middle of his cooperation agreement. >> its the why are they lying. what are they covering up. and, you know, look, again. sometimes peopl...

[ cheering and applause ] >> plus acting attorney general matt whitaker fiery hearing yesterday with members of the house judiciary committee. whitaker is sticking by his refusal to divulge any information about private talks with the president and the democrats insist they will get their questions answers but will they? tonight deep legal trouble, for an alleged attempt to blackmail the richest person on earth. that man, jeff bezos, who right now according to a source familiar with the invest...