On the heels of mutiple NE scandals, another scandal is brewing up a storm. If theories about MAGA or GOP-Adelson insiders link to this turned out to be factual, could become a major political scandal:
“Morning Joe” co-hosts claim that Jared Kushner attempted to blackmail them
Jared Kushner Told ‘Morning Joe': Apologize to Trump to Kill National Enquirer Story (Report)
“Kushner told Scarborough that he would need to personally apologize to Trump in exchange for getting Enquirerowner David Pecker to stop the story,” Sherman wrote. “Scarborough says he refused, and the Enquirer published the story in print on June 5, headlined ‘Morning Joe Sleazy Cheating Scandal!'”
Jeff Bezos Claims the National Enquirer Tried to Blackmail Him With Nude Selfie
By Janko Rottgers
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said on Thursday that the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him, with the publication allegedly threatening to publish nude photos of Bezos if the exec didn’t drop an investigation over leaked text messages that ultimately ended his marriage.
Bezos made the explosive claims in a blog post, which included multiple emails from executives of National Enquirer publisher American Media, Inc. (AMI).
AMI did not immediately respond to Variety’s requests for comment.
In one of those emails, AMI’s chief content officer Dylan Howard describes one of the photos obtained by the publication as a “below the belt selfie — otherwise colloquially known as a ‘d— pick.'” Other photos described in the email include half-dressed selfies of Bezos in a variety of situations, and photos of his new partner Lauren Sanchez that Howard described as “revealing her cleavage.”
Bezos alleges that AMI used the photos as leverage to get him to issue a statement that basically said AMI didn’t have political interests in pursuing a story about his affair. Instead of making a deal with AMI, Bezos decided to go public, writing, “If in my position I can’t stand up to this kind of extortion, how many people can?”
The feud between Bezos and the National Enquirer started last month, when the tabloid first published photos showing Bezos with Sanchez, which were supposedly taken before the Amazon CEO filed for a divorce from his wife. The Enquirer then followed up with leaked text messages between the two, some of which allegedly dated back to April of last year. Bezos subsequently hired a private investigator to find the source of those leaked text messages, and determine whether the publication was looking to use stories about the alleged affair as political payback for the reporting of the Washington Post, which the Amazon CEO acquired back in 2013.
“It’s unavoidable that certain powerful people who experience Washington Post news coverage will wrongly conclude I am their enemy,” he wrote. “President Trump is one of those people, obvious by his many tweets. Also, The Post’s essential and unrelenting coverage of the murder of its columnist Jamal Khashoggi is undoubtedly unpopular in certain circles.”
Bezos said he was at first verbally approached by AMI representatives threatening to release further photos and text messages unless he would drop his investigation, as well as the Washington Post’s reporting on the matter. When Bezos didn’t immediately respond, AMI put their threats in writing. “Rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, I’ve decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threaten,” Bezos wrote.
https://variety.com/2019/digital/new...on-1203132026/
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What the National Enquirer published about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
by CNNMoney Staff @CNNMoney June 30, 2017
The White House itself has not publicly commented, but in a tweet Friday morning President Trump said, "Watched low rated @Morning_Joe for first time in long time. FAKE NEWS. He called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no! Bad show." Separately, a White House official told CNN that Scarborough had called Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, about the Enquirer story and that Kushner had told Scarborough to call Trump. But this official denied that Kushner offered any quid pro quo.
Trump takes jab at Bezos on Twitter for divorce, National Enquirer exposé
Ben Tobin, USA TODAY Published 9:03 a.m. ET Jan. 14, 2019
Four days after Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos announced a divorce with his wife MacKenzie, a prominent figure took to Twitter to comment on the matter: Donald Trump.
The president appeared to mock the business giant and Washington Post owner in a tweet Sunday night, referring to Bezos as "Jeff Bozo."
"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 reporting in his lobbyist newspaper, the Amazon Washington Post," Trump wrote. "Hopefully the paper will soon be placed in better & more responsible hands!"
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 reporting in his lobbyist newspaper, the Amazon Washington Post. Hopefully the paper will soon be placed in better & more responsible hands!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2019
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...se/2568152002/
Trump mocks Amazon's Bezos as 'Jeff Bozo'
By Emily Birnbaum - 01/13/19
President Trump on Sunday night mocked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as "Jeff Bozo" in a tweet slamming The Washington Post, which Bezos owns.
https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...s-as-jeff-bozo
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