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Most people who knuckle under to the threat of this kind of embarrassment, right, would be embarrassing, but bezos, what is frankly a boss move, in a boss move that pretty much only the wealthiest man in the entire world could make, publishing threatening e-mails. he published them, from officials at ami, the parent company of the enquirer, publishing them online where anybody can read them in their entirety. including the description of all of those photos i told you about. bezos saying, any pe...

A whole lot of people, maybe most people who knuckle under to the threat of this kind of embarrassment, right, would be embarrassing, but bezos, what is frankly a boss move, in a boss move that pretty much only the wealthiest man in the entire world could make, publishing threatening e-mails. he published them, from officials at ami, the parent company of the enquirer, publishing them online where anybody can read them in their entirety. including the description of all of those photos i told yo...

Reportedly brought a guest with ties to saudi royalty to a dinner at the white house in 2017, later publishing a glossy magazine saluting the brutally repressive kingdom. bezos writes, its unavoidable that certain powerful people who experience "washington post" news coverage will wrongly conclude i am their enemy. president trump is one of those people. obvioused by his many tweets. also, "the posts" essential and unrelenting coverage of its journalist, jamal khashoggi, is undoubtedly unpopular...

Company have also been investigated for various actions they have taken on behalf of the saudi government and sometimes mr. pecker mixes it all together. this is a quote from "the new york times." "the new york times" says, after mr. trump became president, he rewarded mr. peckers 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 financial -- ...

And the "national enquirers" upset about that and they are saying to bezos, in your investigation, you have to say that we did not act out of political motivation or were going to publish these photos. >> political force. it says, politically motivated or influenced by political force, is what it said. so theyre wanting -- >> and as far as, you know, certainly based on the history of the "national enquirer" in the trump era, that would be a lie if they published that. and "the washington post" i...

>> its to embarrass. its to embarrass him. does this seem like the "national enquirer" is just going after one of the presidents enemies? >> well, thats the big question. and its hard not to conclude that, when what they want him to do is to release a statement saying its not politically motivated. they want him -- what are the terms under which they will not publish this information or which they were trying to extort him with is him saying theres no political dimension to this, right? but i th...

Investigated for various actions they have taken on behalf of the saudi government and sometimes mr. pecker mixes it all together. this is a quote from "the new york times." "the new york times" says, after mr. trump became president, he rewarded mr. peckers 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 financial -- for financing and acqui...

Truth. they want to know the facts. >> so theres also the revelation today, in a court filing in new york that prosecutors are still investigating campaign finance crimes admitted to by michael cohen, the presidents former keeper of secrets. and speaking of investigations, theres the biggest bombshell of the night. turns out the "national enquirer" may still be playing dirty tricks on president trumps enemies, really dirty tricks. amazon ceo jeff bezos, whos become one of the presidents favorite...

Our explosive breaking news. jeff bezos, founder and chief executive of amazon and the owner of "the washington post" accusing the publisher of the "national enquirer" of trying to extort and blackmail him, with a threat to publish compromising photos of him. i want to bring you now, frank bruni, jeffrey toobin, and max boot. max is the author of "why i left the right." good evening. >> hi. >> how are you? you cant believe this story, can you? >> you know, its interesting, bezos published this o...