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Between the "national enquirer" parent company and the government of saudi arabia. ami continues to deny it has any political motives and on friday saudi arabias minister for foreign affairs called the situation between bezos and ami a soap opera. this comes as the relationship with saudi arabia continues to be scrutinized and criticized. theres a new report in "new york times" about intelligence intercepts between the crown prince mohammad bin salman. he can be overheard saying quote use a bull...

And ami were most specifically concerned about ties to saudi arabia being revealed. now, of course we dont know exactly what that was, if saudi arabia perhaps was involved in obtaining these images. we dont know. but we do know the washington poerbgt and saudi arabia have a very public disagreement particularly after the killing of the washington post writer jamal cash oepblgy. if there is a connection there, that is just another string for federal prosecutors to look into. even if it is unclear...

Magazine that materialize when the crown prince toured the united states back. 20, 30 glossy pages about the crown prince. not what you expect to see from the "national enquirer". ami is like many media organizations troubled financially and appears they were drumming up funding and financing wherever they could and they were doing this promotional magazine, getting some revenue but trying to build a stronger relationship. it has been reported, there has been at least in past desire from ami t...

Saying we were trying to work it out with him but this clearly seems to be egregious and well look in to it. >> the tabloid in the meantime seems to have toned down its rhetoric a little bit. apparently brad pitt has gone 935 days without his kids. >> talk about a distraction. >> it is. somebody going to jail in connection with this? >> i dont know if somebodys going to jail. i do think somebody may be charged for this extortion and im quite confident the southern district of new york prosecutor...

If ami committed a crime, then they can violate that non prosecution agreement. covering jeff bezos is probably not a crime. taking photographs of jeff bezos in public and publishing them is not a crime. however, that demand that was made just within the last couple weeks, for something in exchange for not releasing those photographs, that could be the key. if that fits within the definition of the federal crime and the doj determines that, they may decide that non prosecution agreement is null ...

Thats the same charge michael cohen pleaded guilty to. should ami commit any crimes subsequent to the date of this agreement, ami shall 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 in the nature of the allegations published by mr. bezos. it should author rely investigate the claims. we have asked cynthia to r...

Least of its problems. this morning, a new twist in the battle between the tech titan and tabloid. federal prosecutors are looking into ami, publisher of the "national enquirer" broke the cooperation agreement. according to a source familiar with the marrtter. the hush money payments that ami commit no further crimes. now jeff bezos, the boss of amazon, is accusing the tabloid of extortion and blackmail. bezos posted e-mails sent from representatives for ami to his attorney in an attempt to stop...

Theirs. whatever she receives from jeff bezos, they have. it is much more likely that its a foreign group who have operated illicitly in the united states, but could it be subcontractors of the governor of saudi arabia or israel or another country? absolutely. >> whats intriguing is that you have this other thing happening, this weird, glossy tabloid, that was put out by ami that was praising the government of saudi arabia and praising the crown prince. theres that data point, and then theres th...

And continue to be obedient basically forever and keep telling the story that our coverage of you was not political motivated, these details that im going to describe in detail, are going to come out. he publishes them in detail. could this what you saw be a crime, could it be ex-portion, and could that -- extortion, and could that violate the agreement ami has with the special prosecutor? >> absolutely. breaking this down, right, if theres -- if the federal crime is that you essentially threate...

And money from saudi arabia. that was sort of a tell. this type of, you know, dont report x or well expose these photos that we got from the cloud from you or whatever, this is a new normal it seems in our politics. >> oh, blackmail, extortion -- and it shows that any of these like ami, theyre not media or news outlets. thats not journalism. theyre political action committees with a specific political agenda. they should be treated as such. the first amendment protections that we see traditional...