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The news gathering process broadly defined, even though its deeply sleazy. and i could see prosecutors hesitating to sort of get in the middle of this. its disgraceful journalism. its disgraceful behavior. whether its an actual crime, i am frankly not prepared to say at this point. >> what -- what are the -- what is the difference between what theyre doing and what you would think of as extortion or blackmail? theyre saying you published something in your paper, i mean, its like a kidnapper sayi...

Its like a kidnapper saying you publish this or im going release these -- >> right. but they would argue is were just trying to get "the washington post" to report accurately, and were using the leverage we have. now, you know, its certainly a deeply shabby way to do that, but thats a little different from me saying to you give me a million dollars or ill kill you. thats sort of the classic extortion scenario. the, you know, print this or we print these photographs, i just dont know. it might be...

His son and that extortion scenario. we know that high-profile folks with a bulls-eye on their forehead. megyn: i dont know whether they are true or not true. but if they are not true you cant sue if you are a public figure. its impossible to sue for definition. now hes been abled with this illicit seeking -- the whole bit, hes labeled with it and effectively if its not true there is nothing he can do. >> first of all he cant sue for defamation because the allegations are made in the context of ...