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For reasons still to be better understood, a saudi angle seems to hit a particularly sensitive nerve. thats a lot. a lot of it looks bad even if its not all true. now, let that all sink in and look at a brand new report from the daily beast which details the larger patterns. private investigators who have literally directly worked for them and the quote, war of blackmail that goes on and helps explain their business model and perhaps their brazenness they thought they could get away with this ag...

The alliance between president trump and dave idpicker isnt the only motive jeff bezos suggestests for the alleged blackmail. he suggests pickers ties to saudi arabia could be a factor. for reasons still to be better understood, the saudi angle seem to hit a particularly sensitive nerve. he brought one of saudi crown princes advisors to an oval office meeting all while pker quote was considering ex2357bding his media and events business to saudi arabia. he posted a propaganda spread dedicated to...

Besos wrote about it. it is unavoidable that certain powerful people that experience "washington post" news coverage will wrongly conclude im their enemy. president trump is one of by hi tweets. also the post coverage of the murder of its columnist, jamal khashoggi is undoubtedly unpopular in certain circles. several days ago an ami leader advised us messrs. peculiarer and apoplectic. the saudi angle seems to hit a particularly sensitive nerve. knit together for me, frank, that observation. trag...

Scenario. >> i never met a journalist in my time that would operate in that fashion. heres another fascinating angle to the story. why would "national enquirer" publish this special edition here. its saluting saudi arabias crown prince. jeff bezos suggested the ami chairman david pecker may have financial interests with the saudi kingdom and "wall street journal" reports the saudis have been trying to build an alliance with western media. help us understand how this connects to the murder of sau...

You give me money i wont run the story. but there idea that inyou admit there was ant political angle to the story, would you basically be giving something of value. and from the southern district of new york is weighing heavily on ami tonight. >> if you blackmail someone -- this is like l.a. confidentials, the old 1920s and 30s stuff from san francisco and l.a. take a picture of a guy with his girlfriend and threaten him. if you give me 50 k, i wont give to you wife. this is classic. >> in 10 w...

All right. so joining us right now our msnbc political analyst, kimberly atkins, msnbc contributor for npr out of boston, and charlie savage, msnbc contributor and washington correspondent for the "new york times" katie is back with us. katie, lets start with you. the legal aspect here. is someone? legal jeopardy and why? >> ami, if i were them, i would be very nervous. there is a non-prosecution agreement they entered boo a few months ago with the southern district of new york. it regarded the ...

They are very tough. they are very good. and that is is what theyre facing. >> and then the whole other facet, the saudi arabia angle. mark i want to talk to you about this. bezos wrote about the article about the crown prince and there is the link to jamal khashoggi and so help us here with those dots. >> this is part of the bezos theory of the case where they argue that the reason "the national enquirer" did the -- what they see as a hit job on jeff bezos by exposing his affair was because of ...

Angle to what has happened to him to is the extortion and the blackmail being alleged. there is a federal crime of extortion. it is the idea that you transmit something to a person and you threaten to injure their reputation and you want some of value. well, the thing of value in this case, kendis, is the fact that jeff bezos would have to admit there was no political angle. so if im ami, im nervous that agreement will allow the southern district of new york to really dig deep into how the "nati...

Decides that the non prosecution agreements is no thlonger any good, the shield vanishes and anyone who committed a crime, in the eyes of government, can be prosecuted. that is standard language. they heavily favor the governments position so if the defendant or person given immunity goes astray and commits a ncrime, the full force of the government will bear down upon him or her. >> here is another extraordinary angle. that is that bezos has suggested the ami chairman may have financial interes...

With important ties in saudi arabia. pecker was pursuing business there. bezos reporting the washington post coverage of the murder of a person who wrote for them, jamal khashoggi. many remember this. this was in the saudi consulate in turkey. saudi arabia is a huge critic of the post investigation.s and now for some reason is david pecker and this, again, to what jeff bezos is asking is a big question. he writes several days ago, an ami leader advised us that pecker is apoplectic about our inve...