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Linings to the president no secret, bezos published the shocking details a blog post writing i was made an offer i couldnt refuse or at least thats what the top"national en. im glad they thought that because it emboldened them to put it all in writing. >> such an amazing story. bezos quotes entire e-mails sent to him by ami to his representatives, ami is the same company former trump fixer michael cohen admitted giving money for hush payments to women who claimed they had affairs with mr. trump....

Alliance over ami, donald trump, david pecker, the "national enquirer." donald trumps friends behave this way. these are the kind of tactics -- >> these are the kind of characters he associates with. >> exactly. >> and what came to mind to me is this kind of reminds me of paul manafort, who for decades was this influence peddler doing all this kinds of sleazy stuff and it took donald trump coming into the white house before paul manafort finally got the kind of attention he deserved from federal...

House dinner to which the media brought a guest to important ties to the royals in saudi arabia. what he did during this extraordinary post is drop all of these bread crumbs around asking people to kind of connect the -- connect them. and he said for reasons still to be better understood the saudi angle seems to have hit a particularly sensitive nerve saying that ami had been apoplectic. >> what the do you think? >> we know. they literally murder khashoggi. it is not wrong to think they may take...

Way. >> its the way in which theyre doing it, at least for me -- im not a lawyer but looking at it as a citizen and someone who edited a magazine is pretty amazi amazing. two things leap out. they freaked out about this investigation. it isnt like ami isnt in a million squabbles. theyre used to that. this, as bezos correctly said, this statement by the lawyer of ami is extraordinary, seems close to extortion. they desperately want the investigation called off, right, thats what they would agree ...

Publisher of the "national enquirer." do have a relationship. ami was looking for money from the saudis, and there have been these suggestions that they may have been in leak even with the white house to go after jeff bezos, the publisher of the "washington post." and if you want to take it one step further, it would be over the coverage of jamal khashoggi. thats putting a lot of things together and right now theres a lot of smoke still, but theres certainly now if be investigating because there...

Years, david -- donald trump has had a hard-on for bezos. you know, professional jealousy. the acquisition of amazon. "the new york times." hes taken shots at every chance he got. so its no surprise that he turned to his good buddy, david pecker, at the "enquirer," you know, to do a hatchet job on him. the surprising thing, i think, is, though, that the "enquirer" would do such a story and play it up so big for, you know, for a name that while everyone in the world knows, you know, bezos, "enqui...

Saudis? and he keeps dropping this, you know, dropping this out there, kind of letting it hang out there, and you have to raise these questions. >> brian, cnns reached out to ami, david pecker have you heard anything? >> yeah, ive been calling, and frankly, the calls are going straight to voicemail. ami, "national enquirer," pecker, his people, have not responded in any way to bezos allegations. i think many people following this entire story, following this scandal about bezos and the alleged a...

Because look what were talking about tonight. >> the investigators could have been stumbling on or getting very close to is stuff that would have called into question, i suppose, amis compliance with this agreement. wouldnt that be something you would get worried about if you were a corporation or mr. pecker and suddenly theyre discovering theyre not cooperating fully. >> look what happened to paul manafort with the special counsel when it was found that he was violating the terms of his coopera...

Deal. it was going to blow the cover on this affair that he was having with his now girlfriend lauren sanchez. "national enquirer" also obtained photos and text messages of the couple. bezos spared no expense to find out who leaked to the tabloid. and heres where this alleged blackmail fits in. bezos claims ami threatened to publish those pictures and text messages if his team did not drop the politically motivated charges. bezos response was clear, bring it. so gloria borger is back with me. al...

Lot of different areas. the whole subject. you were here "the situation room" 24 hours ag. you broke the story in "the new york times" that the saudi crown prince had used the phrase, lets use a bullet on jamal khashoggi if he wouldnt return to saudi arabia. the saudi crown prince in a lot of disputes with a lot of folks and all of a sudden jeff bezos, the richest man in the world, the owner of the "washington post" and amazon says -- hes raising questions about the "national enquirer.s" links t...