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Get mr. bezos to back off on some of the things that they, they being trump and pecker, did not want out? >> theyve been very effective going after donald trumps opponents or detractors. lets look what they did to hillary clinton during the campaign. ami collectively ran over 50 covers with negative headlines about then-candidate hillary clinton with all sorts of accusations, things to undermine her as a candidate. and they did it to some very great effect in my opinion. it was effective to anyo...

"the washington post" coverage of how ami covered bezos. if you are not confused, you dont understand what is going on here. what was the thing demanded? the favorable coverage a thing of value defined under federal law? probably. it is not easy analysis. it is not as easily detailed like a bar of gold. it doesnt do so easily. it is not a slam dunk. >> lets go with something we know already is in existence. ami is under a non prosecution agreement with the southern district of new york. could th...

Defense that ami and the "national enquirer" is an independent body of journalism. just as they say jeff bezos doesnt influence "the washington post." aims demand reflects the misunderstanding that jeff bezos makes the editorial decisions for "the washington post." the key is if there is a saudi connection, what level of connection is there with ami and then from there, the next link over, is to what degree did ami have a relationship with the trump campaign and privilege th provide them support...

That unclear. the state department, interestingly, last year when this came out was asked whether there was a connection between h the united states government anc the publication by ami of this hundred page magazine about how great saudi arabia is and they sort of issued a non-denial denial. i think the quote was to our knowledge theres no connection to the u.s. state department which raises some real eyebrows. theres a lot of reporting yet to be done between the saudis, david pecker and the tr...

They have an immunity deal related to michael cohen that immunity deal would be off if there are other crimes that could be prosecuted. so that may be why they havent commented yet. >> let me ask you about that, jeff. in that deal they basically cop to a statement of facts about karen mcdougal and how that all played out. is that -- is there cooperation only limited to the karen mcdougal case and michael cohen? >> no, not at all. they would not -- when you cooperate with the southern district of...

Its really awful, but i dont think its something that a prosecutor would bring. >> i have said and heard things on television tonight that i never in a million years thought. okay. so, ryan, we know how close president trump is with ami. we know how he despises jeff bezos. is ami still doing trumps dirty work? what is going on here? >> i dont know. i mean, the two leading theories seem to be that ami is either doing the saudis dirty work, president trumps dirty work, or a combination of the two....

To reveal any inappropriate conduct when they investigate this. >> thats clear. to you, sir, and well get into whether you would prosecute this. on the fact that ami had been working with sdny they had made that deal with karen mcdougal, have they violated that deal? >> thats the big question. the stakes are doubled now. that nonprosecution deal is the only thing protecting them from getting charged. >> you get one pass, you dont get two. >> and now its on our watch as the prosecutors. theres ve...

That ami is in a legal agreement with the southern district of new york which essentially said they werent going to be charged for campaign finance violations which they more or less admitted to as long as they cleaned up their act going forward. so is that in jeopardy? >> the language in bezos post is this is blackmail, this is extortion, both of which are actual crimes under new york state and federal law. is this letter a crime? i dont know. i think its an unusual to say the least, situation....

Not publish them. he is cooperating in that. jill crystal, long-time editor of "the weekly standard -- let me start out basically. you read this. you see these e-mails from general counsel. it is stunning. it is like a list. lets go through here. im not going to share what the list is. people can read it themselves. a list of disgusting and inappropriate pictures that they are going to publish if, if there is not a statement put out, as i said, that says you have no knowledge or basis for sugges...

But the condition of that agreement is always you dont commit any other crimes or the deal is off. so what they have to be concerned about is the prosecutor saying well, youve now committed blackmail. youve now committed extortion. were going tear up that agreement and prosecute you the same way we prosecuted michael cohen for an illegal campaign contribution. i dont know if theyre going to do that, but its possible. sorry, gloria. >> let me ask you this, which is if there is a criminal investig...