inquiries. the most interesting thing is bezos was deeply embarrassed about his affair. it s turned into a hero of free speech fighting back against a really revolting newspaper, the national enquirer, which we know had deals with michael cohen to protect donald trump during the campaign from stories that he, himself, had affairs. and it is very talking about his upcoming divorce is an experience which trump had fences with divorces himself. so it s very complicateled. bezos is rich enough and powerful enough to be able to say, okay, i ll do what you want, but i m not going to lie back and be intimidated. i think it s very powerful and very important. yes, i m curious, you know,
allegations of extortion and blackma blackmail. federal prosecutors are now investigating claims by amazon s ceo that executives who run the national enquirer tried to extort him. remember this, when a magazine exposed his affair around the same time he and his wife announced they were getting a divorce. bezos launched a private information into how that information got to the national inquirer, and whether it was a political hit job. because he owns the washington post. cnn s alex mark has more. reporter: the national enquirer s parent company fighting back.
amazon ceo jeff bozo on twitter and says this about his looming divorce of his wife of 25 years. i wish him luck. it s going to be a beauty. reporter: no doubt, this is a complex web of personal history. bezos without prove is saying here is clear, that ami had reasons to protect and promote the saudis. in his newspaper, the washington post and their relentless coverage of the khashoggi murder angered ami s friends, driving home the point of his afared and the attempted black mail were politically motivated. steven earlstevenlinger joi. where do we start? jeff bozos, versus the national enquirer versus saudi arabia. and trump. it s an amazing set of
mr. trump has not agreed with the cia conclusion that the saudi crown prince ordered khashoggi s killing. khashoggi, of course, worked for the washington post owned by amazon founder jeff bezos. an intriguing part of bezo s explosive blog post alleging he tried to black mail and distort him are questions and ties about the tabloids, saudi arabia and the white house. that comes as to whether they violated its immunity deal. reporter: the national enquirer s parent company hitting back today at stinging allegations and revelations by amazon founder jeff bezos, saying in a statement, it believes fervently it acted lawfully, it was in good faith negotiations to resolve all matters with bezos. american media inc. or ami
bezos in his blog post actually printed the letters from the national enquirer, perhaps they re not used to someone playing hardball with them like that? i think that s true, also as he said, if someone like me, he s probably the wealthiest person on earth is willing to be intimidated, then what hope does anyone else have? and ownership of the washington post is really a sector in all of this, he used a strange word for him,.[ inaudible ] but he has done a great deal with the washington post to make it a much better paper and obviously the post goes after trump and trump goes after bezos. that s not to say that trump was behind all this. but the mystery is how did the national enquirer get these private e-mails and photos? and that meant that bezos was