we re 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 billionaire s extramarital affair last month. we should note american media incorporated, the tabloid s parent company, announced an internal investigation claiming here that it acted lawfully in the reporting of the story of mr. bezos and at the time of the recent allegations made by mr. bezos it was in good faith negotiations to resolve all matters with him. this as nbc news reports, according to a person familiar with the investigation, federal prosecutors are looking into whether ami violated a september agreement connected to its relationship with donald trump.
which mr. bezos owns personally. why did american media, why did the national enquirer do this particularly against the wealthiest guy in the world? i want to ask about the white house reaction about this francesca, and the deputy press secretary was asked about it yesterday. and let s take a listen to what he had to say. is the president aware of the bezos situation? what is the white house reaction? i m not sure if he is aware of it and we re not going to get into a conversation between jeff bezos and a tabloid magazine. this is the president of the united states, so sorry to hear the news about jeff bozo being taken down by a competitor whose reporting i understand is far more accurate than the lobbyist newspaper the amazon washington post and hopefully it will be placed in better hands. hard to square those two things. i m laughing because by the president s own admission, he is definitely aware of what is going on in this story and i think we all know that he spends a
with the president here. as far as the white house, here is what spokesperson hogan gidley has to say about this. let s listen. is the president aware of the bezos situation and what is the white house reaction. i m not sure if he s aware of it and we re not going to get into a conversation about something between jeff bezos and a tabloid magazine. he said he is not sure. so jamil, he is saying the president has nothing to do with this, is that the path to take. that is on on surd considering last spring the president made a demand to the post master general that they double the shipping rates for amazon.com and for what the president is doing in that instance is interfering with with particular business for really no particular reason other than to essentially
paid a woman to kill the story claiming an affair with president trump before taking office. trump also attacked bezos for his ownership of the washington post. in his coverage of him. today, the white house was silent. we will not get into a conversation between jeff bezos and tabloid magazine. dan: amazon stock did take a hit but the market it as a whole. i don t think it will have an effect at all on the amazon as a company. in fact it might be a positive for employees because it shows that jeff is being strong, courageous, resilient, standing up to bowling. dan: ami will look into the bezos allocation of extortion but we are learning so too the justice department to see if a crime was committed that might violate the company s agreement with the feds. john. john: and, in seattle, thanks. up next remembering america s longest serving member of congress. a look back john dingell s 59 years in congress. first, beyond the borders to
widespread in the last couple of days that the enquirer did it to target someone on trump s enemies list. certainly the enquirer was doing that until last spring. everything changed last april when the fbi came knocking on michael cohen s door and subpoenaed the national enquirer s parent company. they seemed to flip them on trump. my feeling from staffers in the magazine is they are not doing trump s bidding anymore. they are not cozy. they don t put him on the cover, promote his presidency. this is a case of the enquirer targeting a billionaire celebrity and trying to expose a big story. again, there is always a curiosity about trump here between the enquirer and the president. i find it hard to believe. they re a tabloid magazine, i get it. they did donald trump s bidding for so long. if they are the morality police and they want to go after billionaires having affairs they sure took kid gloves with donald