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Campaign finance violations. now, what is it that theyre so desperate to hide that they would try to blackmail or extort bezos to keep him from further investigating, in part, how they got a hold of bezoss private information from his phone, his photographs, his private emails? it must be something -- >> how did they get those? >> there has been some speculation that maybe it was a foreign government who acquired them, fed them to ami and ami is desperate to keep that information from seeing the...

Faith negotiations to resolve all matters with bezos, nonetheless, in light of the nature of the allegations published by mr. bezos, the board has convened and determined that it should promptly and thoroughly investigate the claims. in he is sense, jay, theyre going to investigate themselves, they dont necessarily deny that they tried this? >> it seems to be that way. everything -- bezos himself said in the medium post that when he began his investigation that he was surprised to find that he w...

Publisher bullying and the richest man in the world. as you read that whole writing bezos put out there on the website medium, do they sound true to form? >> they do. it certainly is the "national enquirer" and the parent company ami, this is their m.o. the president who is long-time allies of david pecker, head of ami, who the "national enquirer" and sister publications have given favorable coverage to the president. just as significantly negative coverage to his rivals. lets remember ted cruz ...

And the clip you played strefpls the truth that donald trump is not keenly aware above whats going on here. before this latest exchange with bezos he was asked about it on the white house lawn. he commented then. he tweeted about it. he is frequently complaining about the coverage he receives in the "washington post" which bezos owns. in that letter, he believes that is the reason for this extortion attempt to try to keep him quiet from exposing more of whats happening with the president. >> for...

With donald trump. this as others like journalists ronan farrow come out in support of bezos saying he too faced blackmail efforts from ami, the company that runs the "enquirer." were joined on set by glenn kirk as well as jay newton small contributor for "time" magazine. glenn, lets start with you. i noted the tweet you had. this is extortion at its core on ami and bezos, what makes you say so? >> basically extortion is a fancy word but all it really requires is if you threaten somebody to obta...

Were not going to get into a conversation between something between jeff bezos and a tabloid magazine. >> that was the official white house account between jeff bezos and the "national enquirer". the amazon ceo and owner of the "washington post" claims the publication tried to blackmail him by threatening to release additional embarrassing texts and below-the-belt selfies connected to an expose it published on the billionaires extramarital affair last month. we should note american media incorpo...

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...