Page 178 - Ami News Today

This panic that theyre trying to, apparently, in bezoss words blackmail or extort the richest man on earth. did they think they would get away with it, no consequences? something drove them to desperation. >> you sense they must be very nervous about the way federal prosecutors see the operations of the "national enquirer" which has already come under fire in the trump-michael cohen case in manhattan. >> they had to deal with prosecutors around those campaign finance felonies in order to enter i...

Well steel the photograph in perpetuity. does that stie you that mueller should go and interview bezos? >> i certainly would bp could be interrsing to find out who they are. they may not want to coop freight. they dont want that information public. but maybe a its time put a stop to that kind of journalism. its lewd and unfortunate that thats part of what our free press protects. it shouldnt be. >> if somebody took money to be quiet and obey and do what they were told by ami, if it became a crim...

They are out of business. they just dont know it yet. >> not to mention, when you cut that kind of deal, you also agree, the worrying is not to commit any crimes. >> think of how absurd it is. ive talked to thousands of reporters on many stories that i didnt want them to publish, right, and there was never like this negotiation, if you give us this, we wont do the story on your client. this is not the way the press should function. its interesting that bezos who owns "the washington post" is goi...

>> not russia? >> he didnt -- he didnt mention russia. the other thing that was interesting, he actually made himself incredibly vulnerable and he describes the text and the photos that ami has in their possession because once you read the descriptions of the photos, no offense, jeff, theres no real market for people to say, gee, i wish we could see those photos. >> thats not true. hold on a second. there is a huge market. im not saying a personal interest, what you got going on down there, but ...

And i guess the question is whether or not that is the sort of thing that they might have to worry about when it comes to this non-prosecution agreement they have with sdny, whether this might open up their prosecution. >> theres no question about that. again, ami exists in a world of testing the bounds of where the first amendment and criminal law will allow you to go. the concept of catch and kill, which is this practice of paying people off to not tell their stories which was at the heart of ...

Now, youre probably aware of this breaking news tonight about and from the founder of amazon, jeff bezos, the billionaire many times over is accusing the parent company of "the national enquirer" of trying to blackmail him with compromising photos and then some. we have a late report on this tonight from nbc news correspondent joe fryer. >> reporter: tonight a stunning message from amazons ceo and owner of "the washington post" jeff bezos. he says a.m.i., which owns "the national enquirer" threa...

President trump is just too irresistible to him. >> whats going on with the saudis and this tabloid company in. >> thats, thats a story thats unfolding as well. i mean the -- the saudis -- are involved somehow in this deal. now we talked the last time about the special issue that american media put out. seemingly from left field, with the mbs on the cover and pictures of president trump inside. it was basically put out you know, as a favor i think. to someone and suddenly three months later, ame...

Jeff bezos, the owner of amazon and "the washington post" had his private text messages published by "the national inkwi inquir inquirer" and led to the disillusion of his marriage of 25 years. they said they will publish more and intimate embarrassing photos if he doesnt call off his investigation of the inquirer and its parent company ami. hes been investigating the question of whether their actions against him were politically motivated. because of amis involvement during the hush money schem...

Text messages he was reportedly dating. in response, bezos says a.m.i. threatened to publish more text messages and photos if bezos did not stop his investigation. today on the website medium bezos posted e-mails that he says he received from a.m.i. we have not independently reviewed the e-mails. weve reached out to amazon and a.m.i. a.m.i. declined to comment. coming up, a president and his words when we continue. mingd his words when we continue

The news about jeff bozo being taken down by a competitor, whos reporting. the idea the idea of the competitor is "the washington post" is saved for another show but another unwelcomed window into trumps mind. is more accurate than his lobbyist newspaper, the amazon "the washington post." hopefully the newspaper will be placed in better, more responsible hands. their obsession with "the washington post" is an open secret. theyre obsessed with what they view as unfair. even more so than in "the n...