Bezos blackmail claims add new twist to tale of Trump, Russia and the media
by Ben Jacobs in Washington from Technology | The Guardian on (#48PJ7)
Trump's vitriol toward Amazon CEO and long ties to National Enquirer collided last month, when tabloid ran story on Bezos's affair
The remarkable blogpost from Jeff Bezos - Amazon CEO, world's richest man and owner of the Washington Post - accusing the National Enquirer's parent company of blackmail adds another bizarre strand to the tangled web tying together Donald Trump, the media and the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Bezos has long been a hate figure for Trump because of his ownership of the Washington Post. Although Bezos does not take an active role in the paper's management, Trump has repeatedly tweeted about the "Amazon Washington Post".
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