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That really took a personal embarrassment and risk and stood up to it. other people might not. alter here, if i can call you by your last name. >> sure and a mix between -- >> alter is outlining the trump theory that lawrence tribe talks about. there is another theory that wouldnt be as bad for trump but would still go to a very important international intrigue, simply that mbs and the saudis are doing this through the "enquirer" to go after american journalism that matters around the world. do ...

Mag magnitsky act does not require how the administration report to the relevant congressional committees. they should, in this case, do so in a classified report to, first of all, their sources and methods with intercepters and all of that. so that would be proper. theres no reason to have this continue being a political football in these times on capitol hill. so i would issue a classified report, comply with the letter of the law and move on. eric: what else do you think the administration ca...

The material it has for the benefit, the political benefit of the president of the united states. we also know that saudi arabia has indeed had very close ties with the president mbs, jared kushner. the national enquirer has had close ties and business ties with saudi arabia. >> theres several dots and theres also a line. the line is the e-mails have come out and the enquirer are not saying if they are fake or false. te mails outline that go beyond the enquirers desire to enrich themselves or ma...

We have pecker, mbs from saudi arabia, president trump. they are all in alignment. they all have a motive to have committed this blackmail. >> you explain why after getting caught up in this federal probe would go back to what looks like such great risks to himself? >> i cant accept this is the way they play. they actually thought they could intimidate the richest man in the world. they had strong interest in trying to do the presidents bidding. the president just tweeted he thinks this disgusti...

It does care about the fact that one of its columnists was killed and butchered pretty much in public daylight in the consulate at turkey and thaw just -- they dont seem to have to worry about it. they act like they can get away with it before hand and afterwards. they if you goiered out this president. this president will not give them any trouble. >> youre absolutely right. virtually every can country in the world, with the exception of the united states president has put the blood -- had the ...

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...

I cant imagine the levels of sophistication it would take to break into jeff bezos phone. hes probably got -- >> flip phone, definitely flip phone. >> and he does have the $63 billion to find out what happened. >> exactly. so the likelihood that information is being used by foreign entities. again, i dont think any government agency could be operating in our country without getting tacit consent from ours and thats the concern. >> the thing with saudis and mbs, we saw it with khashoggi, but you ...

Taking us away from democracy. hes not going the get away with it because hes met his match in jeff bezos. >> it is chilling because you have a lot of experience in working with media institutions without naming names. theres been more that have been courageous over the years depending on what is in charge. this is an individual, what every one thinks about bezos, who got hit with something that took personal kind of embarrassment and stood up to it and other people might not. alter here. can i ...

And a lot of questions. i think we should be careful about answering them. >> the other thing we have to note is bezos mistress has a brother named mark sanchez. hes an associate with mr. trump figure, carter page and roger stone. hes had something of a relationship with ami over the years. hes something thats been interviewed in the private investigation that bezos funded. it may be all of these geopolitical forces or it may come down to something much more personal or some combination. >> i ag...

All in the interest of protecting what they see as the future of their entire country and lived. >> i read today this relationship between the trump white house and the saudi is alive and well. jared kushner is on his way to the region. what do you make of the intimacy of the trump orbit and mbs? >> i think its part and parcel of a much larger issue, which is the desire to turn power into personal profit for this administration. we keep learning of new and newer entanglements with foreign nation...