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Theres a direct connection with the president here. this is a close associate of the president. and when you dig in to what the dispute was about, its not about bezos behavior, its about the political connections. what theyre saying here is we dont -- you know, these normal extortion deals, if there are normal extortion deals, is well go away if youll go away. what ami was looking for here, what pecker was looking for, was an overt statement saying we dont think this has anything to do with poli...

Live" skit, this story has it all, its got foul language, its got pictures, its got -- right? money. >> the saudis. >> its got saudis. renato, bezos says this is blackmail and extortion. is he right? does he have a case? >> well, hes right in our common understanding of those terms. i think its possible that he could certainly -- he could see the "national enquirer" and ami and get some money out of them. obviously, he has very deep pockets of his own. but i dont think a prosecutor would actuall...

Its a now theres one store that connects your life like never before store. the xfinity store is here. and its simple, easy, awesome. a.m. zone founder jeff bezos is accusing the "national enquirer" of extortion and blackmail and offering up evidence in a bombshell blog post. he included april e-mail he says came from an american media executive threatening the release of compromising pictures of bezos unless he dropped his investigation of the tabloid and also publicly stated that the "enquir...

October. the woman weve learned has been charged, though denies the allegations. the alleged assault happening just days after the polarizing confirmation hearings for supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. and then there is the explosive blog post from amazon founder jeff bezos in which he accuses ami the publisher of the "national enquirer" of, in his words, extortion and blackmail. head of ami david perk of course a long-time friend of president trump. the company for its part has not yet c...

Ties to the royals in saudi arabia. at the time, mr. pecker was pursuing business there while also hunting for financial acquisitions. so he was looking for money. and, you know, "the post" has been relentless in its coverage of khashoggi. so the questions that are out there -- he leaves these crumbs. the questions that are out there are, you know, are peckers ties to the white house related to the saudis, right? and did the white house help pecker in any way with the saudis? and he keeps droppi...

Kind of soured since the whole sdny, since david pecker and ami started cooperating in the sdny investigation of those hush payments to karen mcdougal and stormy daniels, and that their relationship has somewhat soured. dont know if that is still the case today, but that relationship between the president and david pecker certainly becomes more interesting given the relationship between the president and jeff bezos and "the washington post" and his attacks on "the washington post" there could be...

Earlier in the evening, you mentioned how ami put out this glossy tourism special then the "enquirer" made a big acquisition. do you think saudis are funding ami? >> i certainly think its within the realm. if you stand back and look at it, for them to put out a glossy magazine that was distributed at walmart and it was -- it was just a valentine to saudi saudi arabia, completely out of left field, and then three months later, they came in to a good sum of money to buy up their competitors. it ju...

Responded the way he did, not to cave into the demands, but to go public and say, i wont do this. >> if in my position, i cant stand up to this kind of extortion, how many people can. >> he has that great phrase, instead, im going to turn over the log and see what crawls out. >> i want you to listen to this. this was in december of last year. watch this. >> well, you know, american media put out a saudi special, a tourism special earlier this year, seemingly out of left field. it was for walmart...

Analyzed. it is whether or not there were other cases that would make a public statement or some other type of tangible thing and doing an act or giving money and making a public statement, its a real question. how it pertains to amis cooperation the entity cooperated. they will look into whether they have violated that. >> it is what i saw earlier today is the idea that we know that ami is willing to attempt to extortion, whether or not it is legal and we also know that they have a huge safe of...

The, you know, print this or we print these photographs, i just dont know. it might be, but im not prepared to say, you know, off the top of my head that this is definitely a crime. >> gloria? bezos of course owns the "washington post." he doesnt control its editorial direction. the threat appears to be tied to the papers coverage, specifically about saudi arabia and the "national enquirer." >> yeah. jeff bezos dropped a bunch of breadcrumbs here. and when you read it and reread it, it becomes p...