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That obtained those photographs because if it was, part two releasing them might be legal. but it's an old rule in criminal law that with extortion and bribery two independent acts that might be legal become illegal if they are accompanied with a demand that's corrupt. >> what severe is the penalty for ami if it's deemed they are involved in extortion or violated the law by engaging in this? >> if the southern district of new york determines am ivy lated it's nonprosecution agreement which by the way is the gold standard for criminal defense attorneys to get your client a phenomena prosecution...

Claims. we'll talk to dany sevalos to see if ami has violated an agreement. the president says it's a positive not a negative. a check of your weather with barns barns who has some executive time. >> e time >>

Extortion then the government can consider that nonprosecution null and void, they can prosecute them for the new crime and they can come back and prosecute them for everything they agreed not to prosecute them for before. >> does this leave both entities vulnerable, both david pecker and ami because ami had their nonprosecution agreement in september, david pecker made the agreement in august. david pecker could also be a focus as well. >> that's right. it leaves them both exposed. but i want to be clear it's not for investigating jeff bezos. not for publishing photos of him in public with hi...

That's something lawyers do every single day. >> that's much different from what we've read. >> that's right. that's where it probably breaks down. lawyers are demanding settlement otherwise they will file a lawsuit, something they are legally privileged to do. on the other hand, if, for example, ami got these photographs in an ill-gotten way and threatening to release something harmful and embarrassing it falls closer to the definition of extortion under federal and state law. >> this is one of those days where you need a good defense attorney. he makes something so completely illegal legal. ...

>> saudi arabia's foreign minister is weighing in on the controversy after jeff bezos aalluded to the kingdom. he denied any connection between the saudi government and ami. >> he personally said, though, that the "post"'s essential and unrelenting coverage of the murder of columnist gentleman ma'am khashoggi was unpopular. did he have anything to do with the leaks? >> absolutely not. this is something between the two parties. we have nothing to do with it. >> can you say, though, that the saudi government and any of its employees or its contractors that it works with definitively that he had ...