CAFE Insider: Bezos, AMI, and TMI

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🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this clip from the latest episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and his co-host Anne Milgram discuss whether American Media, Inc.’s threat to publish Jeff Bezos’ intimate texts and photos constitutes as extortion. To listen to the full episode, become a member of CAFE Insider at CAFE.com/insider Supplemental materials and references made in the episode: Jeff Bezos’ post in Medium, “No thank you, Mr. Pecker” Bezos’ hired investigator, Gavin De Becker, comments on AMI’s possible “political motive” to leak. The extortion statute, 18 U.S.C. 875(d) The September 2018 non-prosecution agreement between American Media, Inc. (AMI) and SDNY. An interview on ABC’s “This Week” with Elkan Abramowitz, the attorney representing AMI CEO David Pecker. Transcript here. Jeffrey Toobin’s analysis in the New Yorker of Gawker’s collapse and its implications for the First Amendment. The Daily Beast article reporting that Michael Sanchez, the brother of Bezos’ mistress, Lauren Sanchez, gave the couple’s intimate texts to the National Enquirer. Preet and Anne also discuss Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, the House Intelligence Committee’s new expansive investigation into Russia and Trump’s financial dealings, and a clue about “the Heart” of Mueller’s investigation revealed in Paul Manafort’s latest hearing. To listen to the full episode, become a member of CAFE Insider at CAFE.com/insider See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.7	I stay tuned listeners. As many of you know, we recently launched Cafe Insider. It's a subscription
1:02.6	service that includes the Cafe Insider podcast co-hosted by Anne Milgram and me. Each week
1:07.7	we break down the news and make sense of what's happening. We are living through historic
1:11.5	times and many people understandably feel disoriented by the whirlwind of headlines.
1:17.1	Our goal is to help you filter the noise and get to the core of the issues at the intersection
1:20.7	of law and politics. From time to time, we make portions of our conversations on the Cafe Insider
1:25.8	podcast available free to listeners. Today we're bringing you a segment from our most recent
1:30.4	episode. Anne and I broke down Jeff Bezos' claim that the national inquire and its parent
1:35.4	company AMI engaged in blackmail and extortion. We also discuss acting AG Matt Whittaker's
1:41.5	testimony, the new House Intel Committee investigation, and more. If you'd like to hear
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