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Various actions taken on behalf of the saudi government, and he later wrote, that the saudi angle seems to hit a particularly sensitive nerve. now, we know that the saudi government has paid ami to publish a big glossy magazine promoting the crown prince and the kingdom. that in and of it/is not illegal, but bezos seems to think theres something more here. >> the saudi thing is fascinating and an overlay. remember, "the washington post" has been aggressively investigating the murder of their con...

Enquirer" and their parent company of attempted extortion and blackmail. he shared a number of details and several e-mails from the publisher in this tell-all blog post. hes claiming that the tabloid threatened to release explicit photos, and in return, they wanted besources to end his investigation into the enquirer of he chose to expose what he says is blackmail and extortion. if its true, if ami really did say if you dont do x, y and z, then well publish these photos,

Motivated, which is interesting to me given the fact that david pecor, a former close friend of the president, now maybe he flipped on the president, running ami. >> there are lots of magazines. fox news supports of republicans, there is nothing illegal about that, and there certainly was nothing illegal about the "national enquirer" el toilly supported donald trump as it did. what was different is that pecor spent money, spent, you know what is arguably an illegal campaign contribution, $150,00...

Motivated. it certainly could be, but i dont know what the underlying facts of that particular story are. so, the idea that the enquirer was insisted that it wasnt political, well see what "the washington post" learned. apparently "the washington post" learned that it was politically motivated. certainly the way to get at the truth is not through blackmail and extortion, at least in a colloquial, if not legal, sense. >> shan wu is also with us. do you have a read, shan, on whether you think if a...

Tried to do business with the saudis. >> we did just get a statement from ami, our board is going to investigate it. and pecker is on the board. >> jeffrey tuben, thank you very much. look at the bottom of your screen. also, were on top of another big story. remember, were one week away from a potential government shutdown again. lawyers are trading proposals with their goal of delivers legislation to the house early next week, the push for the final agreement by tonight no longer seems likely. ...

Is that illegal? >> i have to say, i dont know the answer to that. it certainly has the feel of blackmail and extortion, but in a journalistic context, im not sure prosecutors would proceed with a case like this. they certainly would want to know more facts about what went on. they would want to certainly hear amis side of the story as well, but lets be clear. its totally shabby and disgraceful journalistic practice to say we want you to write what we tell you to write or were going to release t...

Owned, was going to print false information about us. we were exercising our rights as journalists to try to persuade them to write correct information about us. im not saying thats true, but im saying thats the argument, and it is true that this is different from a traditional extortion case. a traditional extortion case is give me a million dollars or ill till you. this is a different scenario. im not saying it is or isnt a crime. im just saying, i would certainly want to learn more facts befo...