Here are the six craziest things we learned from Jeff Bezos' blog post accusing the National Enquirer of 'extortion and blackmail' (AMZN)
Jeff Bezos' blog post on the National Enquirer: What you need to know - Business Insider Edition USINTLDEAUSFRINITJPMYNLSEPLSGZAES Follow us on: In an extraordinary blog post on Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the National Enquirer and its parent company AMI threatened to publish intimate personal photos of the billionaire tech exec.AMI allegedly threatened to publish the photos, unless Bezos stopped his investigation into the original National Enquirer report of his affair â and unless he made a statement disavowing that the original National Enquirer investigation into his alleged affair was politically motivated, says the blog.Bezos said that he refuses to give in to "extortion and blackmail," and believes that it would be a "lie" to say that there was no political motive, noting that the National Enquirer has long been an ally of President Donald Trump, a fierce critic of Bezos and Amazon. David Pecker, the publisher of the National Enquirer, has been linked to the Saudi government. Bezos wrote that the "Saudi angle" to his investigation "seems to have hit a particularly sensitive nerve" with Becker. According to e-mails published by Bezos, lawyers for AMI argued that the intimate photos qualify as newsworthy because they reflect on his judgment as CEO of Amazon â a notion that Bezos rejected, saying that Amazon's string of successes "speak for themselves."Bezos acknowledged that his ownership of the Washington Post is a "complexifier" for the situation, but says that it will be will be "something I will be most proud of when I'm 90 and reviewing my life."Representatives for Amazon and AMI did not respond to a request for comment.
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