Jeff Bezos accuses the national author of "blackmail" on intimate photos that he sent to a mistress

Washington: The president of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, accused Thursday the editor of the daily "National Enquirer" of "blackmail" after threatening to publish intimate photographs sent by the billionaire to his mistress if he did not end an investigation into the alleged links of the newspaper with Saudi Arabia.

This comes after the tabloid last month announced that Bezos had had a relationship with former journalist and presenter Lauren Sanchez – after gaining access to private text messages.

According to Bezos, publisher of Enquirer, American Media Inc. (AMI), led by David Pecker, threatened to publish the photos if it did not end an investigation into the reasons for this leak.
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He added that the publication required him, as well as security consultant Gavin Becker, who is leading the investigation, to publicly declare that "they had no knowledge or basis to suggest that the coverage AMI was motivated by politics or influenced by political forces. "
In a recent interview with the Daily Beast, De Becker said that "the main arguments are based on political motives" and that he was interested in Lauren Sanchez's brother Michael, a strong supporter of US President Donald Trump having links with his entourage, as a possible author.

And in his medium-sized article, Bezos, also owner of the Washington Post, talked about the previous cooperation between AMI and David Pecker with Trump, including payments made to remove negative stories, which are currently under investigation. by federal prosecutors.

Bezos, his diary and Amazon are all usual targets of Trump's Twitter tirades.

Bezos also spoke of the publisher's links with Saudi Arabia, whose Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is accused of leading the badbadination of post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

"Rather than surrender in the face of extortion and blackmail, I decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal costs and embarrbadment that I experienced. they threaten, "wrote Bezos in his message entitled" No thanks, Mr. Pecker ". included copies of emails from AMI.

"Rest badured, no journalist will ever propose what is happening here," he added.

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