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That to you, youd call the police. >> the saudi angle on this is also a big part of it. jeff bezos is quoting the new york times when they reported, and im quoting, after mr. trump became president he rewarded his loyalty with a white house dinner to which the media executive brought a guest with important ties to the royals in saudi arabia. at the time mr. pecker was pursuing business there while also hunting for financing for acquisitions. its hard to imagine a more complicated saudi connectio...

Seem like bezos believes there is a connection here. he was hinting at that connection by referring to the saudi angle in his blog post. and i think what he was doing was encouraging not only his reporters at the "washington post" but other reporters to try to get to the bottom of it. there was clearly something going on here where the "washington post" was working on a story about the "national enquirer," thats one of the reasons that triggered american media and the enquirer to try to blackmai...

Parent company of "the national enquirer" of extortion and blackmail are getting reaction not just from federal prosecutors examining the conduct of ami but from pretty much all corners of the country. not just because the alleged blackmail involving potentially embarrassing and very personal photos of bezos. in his post, bezos mentions that david pecker and his company have also been investigated for actions they have taken on behalf of saudi arabia. the saudi government. separately today, the ...

It certainly seems to be as -- i mean, coming pretty close. to get a letter saying we have these photographs of you, im going to explain them in detail to your attorney and oh, if you dont go ahead and if you publish what we want you to say, you know, we wont show these photos. >> it does not fit into the exact legal definition of extortion but to the casual reader, if your neighbor did that to you, youd call the police. and say my neighbor is trying to extort something from me. >> the saudi ang...

Country, ex-tolling him and how great he was. saudi arabia denying connection to that. the press reported the embassy got a copy of this ahead of the grocery stores when they got it as well. theres also reporting in "the wall street journal" that ami and david pecker looked to saudi arabia to help them in financing or anything like that. so it is not clear what the connections might be, but clearly saudi arabia is a place that ami cares about. and this is something jeff bezos alluded to in his m...

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Youre reporting uncovers a whole new angle on president trumps use of illegal workers at his companies. explain what you learned and how it adds to our understanding of what theyve been doing for all these years. >> sure. well, this is a long story. but you know, in december, we saw a couple women come forward including one who was working at bed minister and attending to the president and his family up until the end of last year. and that really got us on to the on, to this trail. and you know,...

Murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. here with us is tom freedman. also the author of thank you for being late, an optimists guide. tom, i want to the to the saudi angle in a moment, but first just explain why you think that bezos has -- what hes done is so significant, because i saw you tweeted that youve nominating him for the pulitzer prize for public service. >> anderson, wee living through a time in our public life where all of these elites in politics, we see the entire leadership of the ...

Welcome back. sources tell cnn, federal prosecutors are now investigating explosive allegations. amazon founder jeff bezos is leveling against the "national enquirer"s publisher ami. bezos is accusing ami of attempting to extort and blackmail him. and cnn has more from hadas gold and the possible ties to saudi arabia are also being questioned. >> jeff bezos accusations of the "national enquirer," trying to blackmail him, included several stunning allegations, including one that involves an impor...

Accusations that surfaced with jeff bezos on line post accusing ami of trying to blackmail him. this alleged effort may have been repeatedly aggravated. he flagged a connection between the enquirer and saudi arabia. bezos writes about david pecker bringing a guest with ties to the saudi royal family to dinner at the white house. and he wrote, several days ago, an ami leader advised us that mr. pecker is apoplectic about our investigation for reasons to be better understood. the saudi angle seems...