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He thinks its possible that a government entity might have gotten hold of his text messages. >> which government entity? we dont know the answer to that question. but after bezos detailed amis relationship with saudi arabia in his blog post last night, former cia director john brennan theorized, quote -- i have no doubt given "the washington posts" relentless and appropriate condom nation of mohammad bin salman for the killing of khashoggi, mbs would try to discredit, embarrass and hurt bezos fi...

Could embarrass donald trump while running for president. these deals are being made to pay them off. you talk about the culture because it sounds less like a journalistic operation and more of a political consultancy. this is our friend and if hes in trouble, well help them. >> i worked there 12 years ago when he and picker were friends, not political partners, as they ended up being. i handled all of ami. so i wasnt in bed with the "engchoirer." but youre stntly daunling bullets. >> and the ed...

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 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 bezos, the richest manner in the world is going to be concerned that ami is going to embarrass him? the first story is -- at this point -...

An investigation here. >> the ourn district person me me said no, wait a minute. i think they have an interest in this in the form of this nonprosecution agreement, they may start looking into it. is there a cooperation among different offices? will they work together? but if i was still in the southern district i would lay claim to this because we have interest in it and were well equipped to look at these connections, and what is behind that. getting, jim is exactly right. it is not just about...

The explicit message that we have no knowledge or basis 23r suggesting that the coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces. last year the department of justice agreed to -- which admitted a catch and kill service for donald trump and his presidential campaign. if someone raised a possibly damaging storeoo about trump, ami and its ceo would buy the story and make sure it was never published. bezos writes if in my position i cant stand up to this kind of extortion, how ma...

Wont participate in their well-known practice of blackmail, political favors, political attacks and corruption. bezos adds, i prefer to stand up, roll this log over and see what crawls out. and amazon spokesman confirms the authenticity of the blog post. the the amazon ceos allegations are the latest twist in a long simmering feud with president trump. the ceo of ami david picker and president trump are friends and picker has. accused of buys personal stories about trump to keep them private. a ...

Much back opinion patting here. my colleagues were the ones who broke this story that -- that, one experience they had was getting threats from lawyers for peckers company. so this is not something that he limits of course to billionaires. he uses this tactic with impunity. even though in many cases it stops people from reporting. in the case of smith and lock lin, it didnt. their reporting was cited in that threatening letter. that the lawyers for ami sent to bezos which kicked off bezos reveal...

And blackmail. it demands that jeff bezos and his team publically state that, quote, they have no knowledge or basis for suggesting that amis coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces. and in exchange for that, for that statement, the letter says the "national enquirer" agrees not to publish, distribute, share or describe unpublished texts and photos. and then john fines e-mail says in the case of a breach of the agreement by one or more of the bezos parties, american ...

And has he already the exposure of the saudi collusion may turn out to be as threatening to trump as that of russian collusion. were just at the beginning stages of this but my good, its marred looking for adults nar lf ut there trim helping to getbacker together with the saudis opinion frnks of course, pecker attacking and youre wondering, is it high it can pb or has it moved beyond that and is it about this saudi connection? >> whats striking is the degree of panic at ami. theyre use to be hav...

Thing. and here is someone that stands up and says, im not going to take it anymore and maybe it took the richest man in the world to do that. >> right. and for him to say, listen, they appear to be freaking out by something that ive been looking into when it comes to them. their potential political motivation in pursuing me in this way. why did that set off ami into this panic that theyre trying to, apparently, in bezoss words blackmail or extort the richest man on earth. did they think they wo...