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Felonies and the president was described as individual one in the charging documents, spelling out the commission of the crimes. what was also clear in those charging documents about the felonies is there was yet another party to the campaign finance felonies besides cohen and president trump. another party that played a knowing role in that transact n transaction. but like individual one, like the president, that entity was also not prosecuted. right? so in the description of that crime, we get...

At this as a violation of the agreement they cut with ami. that is probably why. >> so, tom, bring us up to date on that. >> a couple things here, this nonprosecution agreement came into force of last year. and allegations that ami paid karen mcdoogle, who alleged an affair with the president, they paid her and that acted as an illegal campaign contribution. and so that is where this came into play. essentially the agreement says you know what? you have been cooperative and they do allow that. t...

The news when a.m.i. panics about that, we know they are doing so in the context of their still active prosecution agreement with the southern district. it is still in force. a.m.i.s obligation continues until a period of three years from the signing of the agreement which would be or the date on which prosecution is arising out of conduct described in the agreement are final, whichever is the least all of 2021 and the prosecution we know from a judge ruling on the michael cohen case it sounds l...

That if jeff bezos had said fine, publicly indemnifying ami from any fault and were going to submit openly that youre not in fault. but if you deviate at any time in the future, the enquirer is saying well blackmail you forever. it almost sounds like the mafia. >> they kind of operate as thugs. tab loids, once again are really agriszi agri aggressive publics. the history are sensational. thats what they want to read and theyre excited about that. what i really cant believe is threatening jeff be...

>> and are there direct links between david picker the ami company that owns the national enquirer and foreign government? >> we havant uncovered that and havent reported that. what we reported is that theory has beenxplored by jeff bezos security consultant. and that one of the reasons hes looking at potential political motivation is lauren sanchezs brugt sr a well known supporter of donald trump. hes considered a conservative and whos consulted during the course of this scandal with people who...

But now tonight, this is how this all came together. mr. bezos tonight published this ten-page post online. and it is titled, as you can see, no thank you mr. pecker. its not an insult to somebody, its the name of the c.e.o. of american media, david pecker. no thank you, mr. pecker. in this post tonight, mr. bezos push accomplishes what he says is the full unredacted recent correspondence hes had with the "national inquirer" he describes as an extortion and blackmail effort. nbc has not independ...

She cant lose that job. that does it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word for lawrence odonnell. im sorry i took your minute. >> it was a minute we wanted to give you, rachel. this is one of those nights where we had a plan and jeff bezos happened. this statement that hes released tonight is absolutely extraordinary, and i think it is a gigantic moment, actually, in the history of our digital communication, which everyone has known has been at risk for quite a while, that any one of ...

Bezoss love affair with a former tv anchor named lauren sanchez. the enquirer" called it the biggest investigation in its history publishing photos of the two as well as private text messages. bezos responded by launching his own investigation to find out how the tabloid and its parent company ami got its hands on those very text messages. and thats where the story gets crazy. an extraordinary post bezos published medium that when word got out about the investigation back to ami chairman david p...

Was reportedly dating. in response, bezos says ami 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. joe fryer, nbc news. >> well stay with the story, but first another break for us. coming up, a president and his words when we continue.

Organization. it is a politically motivated publication. also attached to jeff bezoss statement tonight is a letter from a lawyer in new york named jon fine. he is the deputy general counsel of the company that owns the "national enquirer." this is an e-mail to martin singer, the lawyer in los angeles, and it is an e-mail that could end jon fines career as a lawyer if it is adjudged to be, as jeff bezos says, an attempt at extortion and blackmail. it demands that jeff bezos and his team publical...