Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: New York Times



SEATTLE — Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive and the world’s richest man, accused the owner of The National Enquirer on Thursday of trying “extortion and blackmail” to stop his investigation into how his private text messages and photos with his mistress were leaked to the tabloid.

In an extraordinarily personal online post, Mr. Bezos said intermediaries of David Pecker, the chairman of American Media Inc., the nation’s biggest tabloid news publisher and owner of The National Enquirer, had approached him to stop his investigation. Mr. Bezos said he had been told that if he refused, the publisher would make risqué and intimate photos of the billionaire and his mistress, Lauren Sanchez, public.

“Of course I don’t want personal photos published, but I also won’t participate in their well-known practice of blackmail, political favors, political attacks and corruption,” Mr. Bezos wrote of A.M.I., explaining why he had decided to speak out. “I prefer to stand up, roll this log over and see what crawls out.”

The matter began last month when Mr. Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, announced that they were getting divorced. The couple disclosed their separation just before The National Enquirer published an article exposing that Mr. Bezos was having an affair with Ms. Sanchez, a former television host who is also married.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/technology/jeff-bezos-national-enquirer-blackmail.html

[Apollyonus]

1. I hope he sues AMI

and bankrupts them with legal fees.

He has way more firepower.

[harumph]

2. That's one dead Pecker.

You don't fuck with people like this...

[Hekate]

3. Sounds like Pecker's going to get effed for a change. I believe he has met his match at last.

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[Stuart G]

7. Yes indeed..Mr Bezos can play the National Enquirer for a "fool."

Exactly the way the Enquirer has played others for fools. Occasionally the evil assholes bite out more than they can chew, and the chewing destroys the "evil assholes." Strange indeed. 2 evil assholes will be defeated. Mr Pecker will go down...and so will Mr. Trump. But Trumpy will not be defeated by a man, in the end, the power of the House of Representatives, led by a lady will bring Trumpy down. Along with Mr. Mueller, Nancy Pelosi will ultimately one way or another knock Humpty Trumpty off the wall.....
.....And..all the king's horses and all the kings men, will not be able to put Humpty Trumpty together again.......poor Humpty Trumpty.............

..........thank you, and thank you...........

[Cha]

13. What Schadenfreude Karma, eh!

Who thought that was a good idea to blackmail "the richest man in the world"?

[htuttle]

4. I bet Pecker told Trump all about this

Wonder how Pecker got the hacked data, anyway?

Russians, for Trump, again?

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Of course he did

Remember that "Bezos = Washington Post"!

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. Worst humans alive include rump, Pecker, etc.

I hope Bezos is able to shut them down, bankrupt them.

I would actually wish for more but I guess that is all I can hope for.

[Cha]

14. Yes, I was wondering, too.. how Bezos'

texts were hacked!

Turns out it was a very bad idea.

[PSPS]

5. Trump hates Bezos/Washington Post. Pecker does "favors" for trump.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Jinx!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142261457#post6

[riverwalker]

10. Tweet of the day

Link to tweet

?s=21

[Cha]

17. LOL.. True Dat! Shine the light on Pecker trying to Blackmail Bezos!

Link to tweet

Can you even believe this Good Episode of the Twilight Zone?!

Mahalo, riverwalker

[Tucker08087]

18. I'm not sure I'm wanting to see that.

(Sigh!) For the fight for democracy, I guess there isn’t much I won’t do. (Just don’t sign me up for Stormy Daniels’ job. I won’t take THAT ONE for the team!)

[calimary]

20. Pretty mind-blowing, 'eh?!

[defacto7]

12. I think both sides deserve each other.

[Marthe48]

15. You'd think that p.o.s. pecker would get a clue

after getting caught up in Mr. Mueller's net.

[torius]

16. David Pecker picked a peck of dick pics

of billionaire Bezos. Ick, squicked! squawked billionaire Bezos. Now, how many billions will Pecker pay the piper for the dick pics he picked?

[Tucker08087]

19. Then how did he not pick a peck of dick pics

of our Pres Cheesedoodle dick? I mean they’ve been everywhere!

[calimary]

21. DAMMIT!!!

[mobeau69]

22. Bezos' letter and email chain with AMI.

He dropped two breadcrumbs: Trump and Saudi Arabia.

Link to tweet

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Those weren't even crumbs

they were like whole loaves of bread!

[More_Cowbell]

24. As I woman, I have to ask: do a lot of women really like getting these?

First, I would never have an affair with a married man. Second, I just don't get the text-message-private-parts thing. The majority of the pictures were of him, sent to her. If someone had asked me beforehand, I would have guessed that men would rather *get* pictures like this than *send* them, but obviously I would've been wrong!

[jberryhill]

28. My guess would be

That guys probably send them in the hope it will be reciprocated.

Do unto others, and all that.

[More_Cowbell]

29. Ah, good thinking. Although taking off his wedding ring would've been good. nt

[jberryhill]

31. Depends on where he was wearing it

[Tucker08087]

32. As a woman, I'd say no.

I’ve gotten a few. I’ve been shocked and felt violated. They wanted the “favor” returned. That and the sense of violation/power are, I think, what gets them off. As a slightly older, more wise woman, I think I would type, lHahahahaha!” I’m also extremely kind and sensitive to others, which can be a curse, so maybe I’m just kidding myself.

[benld74]

25. THIS Will Involve

tRump

Saudi

Stone

OH YEAH!!!!

Twitterverse exploding now

[jberryhill]

26. If I were Bezos, my answer would be:

“I hope you got the pictures from my good side.”

Seriously who gives a shit whether Bezos and his girlfriend do it swinging from the chandeliers? It sure as hell isnt going to make my packages get here any faster or slower.

[GulfCoast66]

27. God god! Can you imagine if it's dick pics that bring this house of cards down!

Of course it won’t. But it would be totally fitting.

[empedocles]

30. "SEX-TORTION" - An EXPOLOSIVE newly public word in the lexicon.

Extremely nebulous, complicated, far-reaching word. Courtesy of Rachel show tonight.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

33. AMI has just stepped into the biggest pile of shit on earth.

Bezos has hired Gavin deBecker.

That giant sucking sound you just heard are all of the sphincters over at AMI.

[Gothmog]

34. This stunt may void AMI's non prosecution agreement

Link to tweet

?s=20

[nitpicker]

35. The Guardian agrees

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/07/jeff-bezos-national-enquirer-blackmail-claims-trump

(snip)
There is no way to predict what consequences may stem from the tabloid’s threat to publish a picture of Bezos’s genitalia. But the National Enquirer may be at additional legal risk. In its plea deal with federal prosecutors, AMI pledged not to “commit any crimes subsequent to the date of the signing of this agreement”. The penalty for violation would be to void the immunity agreement and open the company up for prosecution.

[nitpicker]

36. Link to DW

https://www.dw.com/en/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-accuses-national-enquirer-newspaper-of-blackmail/a-47422101

[getagrip_already]

37. Pecker is being protected... Something is ROTTEN here

Look, that original deal was WAY too good for what he offered. All the FBI got was corroborating testimony to Cohen's, and he had tapes and other corroborating info.

So why did pecker get immunity, which is normally reserved for the most important charges? Pecker was incidental to the campaign violations, which were incidental to the entire probe.

Someone gave him a sweetheart deal. Someone in the sdny is protecting him. Pecker feels immune from ANY prosecution, or he wouldn't be so stupid as to send incriminating email.

Also, it would explain where he got the text messages. Any LEO can get anyone's texts through a very simple process thanks to the patriot act. It can be done electronically and doesn't require a judge. Forget the nsa, a county cop can get them, but certainly any fbi agent could.

This would also explain the change of heart among many gop pol's. Who else has pecker blackmailed with "we are going to run a story about....".

If his deal doesn't get pulled, and no charges are brought against him by feds, there is your answer.