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Reporter: Bezos investigator believes 'government entity' may have obtained texts
The Hill ^ | 02/08/19 | John Bowden

Posted on 02/08/2019 5:12:59 AM PST by yesthatjallen

A reporter at the Washington Post says that an investigator hired by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos believes that text messages leaked to the National Enquirer between Bezos and his girlfriend may have been sent to the magazine by someone in government.

In an appearance on MSNBC on Thursday, Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia said that Bezos's security consultant Gavin de Becker believes that National Enquirer obtained text messages from Bezos through inappropriate means.

Bezos on Thursday said in a blog post that the Enquirer was attempting to force him to call off his investigation of the tabloid under the threat of further texts being released.

“They have begun to believe, the Bezos camp, that this publication by the National Enquirer might have been politically motivated,” Roig-Franzia said Thursday.

“Gavin de Becker told us that he does not believe that Jeff Bezos’s phone was hacked, he thinks it’s possible that a government entity might have gotten hold of his text messages,” he added.

De Becker's assertion that Bezos's phone was not hacked raises questions as to how staffers at the Enquirer obtained messages that were allegedly sent privately between Bezos and his rumored girlfriend, former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez.

The Enquirer is owned by David Pecker, a top ally of President Trump. Pecker has been accused of helping the president kill unfavorable stories about his past affairs during the 2016 election.

Bezos and Trump have feuded publicly over Amazon and its relationship with the federal government, as well as over Bezos's ownership of The Washington Post, which the president says unfairly targets him with negative news coverage.

In a Medium post Thursday night, the Amazon CEO vowed not to fall for "extortion" tactics from Pecker and American Media Inc., which owns the Enquirer.

"Rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, I’ve decided to publish exactly what [American Media Inc. (AMI)] sent me, despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threaten," Bezos wrote.


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To: yesthatjallen

Sounds like a set up in the works here.


21 posted on 02/08/2019 5:49:01 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: mewzilla

Why is the story that came out suspected to be incorrect?


22 posted on 02/08/2019 5:52:07 AM PST by babble-on
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To: yesthatjallen

I think you are right.

More than likely what actually happened is that he has seriously annoyed someone in his own company who has decided to obtain revenge through salacious reporting. Hmmm.... who do we know of in Bezos organization who might have motive for such a thing as well as the power to carry it off??


23 posted on 02/08/2019 5:54:07 AM PST by BlackAdderess (When anyone can be fired at any time with the magic of Photoshop anyone can be blackmailed)
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To: yesthatjallen

Bezos should be looking a little closer to home, IMHO


24 posted on 02/08/2019 5:54:43 AM PST by BlackAdderess (When anyone can be fired at any time with the magic of Photoshop anyone can be blackmailed)
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To: yesthatjallen

So, Trump monitored Bezos phone. Then intercepted all of his text messages. The he sent them to the NE. Then the NE people blackmailed Bezos to stop reporting on their legal problems.

I can see where people with simple minds would make all those links.


25 posted on 02/08/2019 5:55:07 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: mewzilla
Boston talker Howie Carr had Elizabeth Warren's take-out as the topic the other day.

Kamala Harris was the top speculated choice as the WP source (of much earlier use of fake Indian blood to advance her career).

Keen investigative reporting by the WP was at bottom.

Carr implied that Biden's going to be "sourced"-out by Bloomberg, Bloomie having stated that he can't throw his hat into the ring if Biden's there.

And Bloomie does contemporarily "buy his ink by the barrel".

26 posted on 02/08/2019 5:57:20 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: yesthatjallen

Keep your Johnson in your pants.


27 posted on 02/08/2019 5:58:00 AM PST by onedoug
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To: yesthatjallen

I remember when the inquirer was tabloid trash and the Washington Post was a respected publisher.


28 posted on 02/08/2019 6:00:06 AM PST by z3n
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To: babble-on

The post published stuff about trump’s private life all the time... Where are you living?


29 posted on 02/08/2019 6:05:55 AM PST by for-q-clinton (This article needs a fact checked)
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To: babble-on

Forgot to add... That they got from the govt.


30 posted on 02/08/2019 6:06:40 AM PST by for-q-clinton (This article needs a fact checked)
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To: yesthatjallen
It’s far more likely the Clinton machine doesn’t want Booker in the 2020 race. Bezos just got spanked for his cash contributions going to Booker.
31 posted on 02/08/2019 6:08:12 AM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Hey Bezos, pretty sure if there'd have been no mistress, and thus no texts/e-mails to a mistress, no one would have been able to find them and send them to the world.

Typical liberal. Blames others for his problems.

32 posted on 02/08/2019 6:09:36 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: yesthatjallen
FLASHBACK:

‘This deal will make me look terrible’: Full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/politics/australia-mexico-transcripts/?utm_term=.a94059d1dc78

Payback is a bitch.

33 posted on 02/08/2019 6:12:36 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: yesthatjallen
A reporter at the Washington Post says that an investigator hired by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos believes that text messages leaked to the National Enquirer between Bezos and his girlfriend may have been sent to the magazine by someone in government.

When in doubt, blame Trump.

Ironic, since the surveillance capabilities of the Deep State have been arrayed against him almost 100%.

34 posted on 02/08/2019 6:14:57 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: yesthatjallen

Yet another “consultant” with some political distraction. Surprised he didn’t blame the Russians.


35 posted on 02/08/2019 6:15:49 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: yesthatjallen

I doubt that POTUS cares about Bezos dick pics or that Trump would want to embarrass Sanchez. He seems more concerned with renegotiating USPS agreements. Bezos’s Washington Post has seemed to be reflective of a distinct political viewpoint, and certainly can be justly accused of bias in the case of Kavanaugh as well as Trump, but I don’t think that Bezos can just assume that simply because he would abuse power that other people would do so as well.

There is probably only one person who cares about his dick pics. His wife might have incentive, and if not her than people who like her. There is also the matter of manufacturers who have been reportedly squeezed to a level that threatens their existence. Bezos has made enemies, and probably at the head of the line is his soon to be ex-wife.


36 posted on 02/08/2019 6:23:35 AM PST by BlackAdderess (When anyone can be fired at any time with the magic of Photoshop anyone can be blackmailed)
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To: yesthatjallen

Not govt entity, it’s Larry Ellison.


37 posted on 02/08/2019 6:24:20 AM PST by libh8er
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To: yesthatjallen

Also, it is a common tactic for rich people in community property states to try to drive down the price of a big asset right before they get ready to buy out their spouse in divorce proceedings. A big scandal involving the CEO is almost cliche.

Also, Bezos is an older guy throwing over his wife for a younger woman. He evidently has a rather rosy view of the interest that his dick pics might generate in the public.

It could be that he did this to himself.


38 posted on 02/08/2019 6:29:24 AM PST by BlackAdderess (When anyone can be fired at any time with the magic of Photoshop anyone can be blackmailed)
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To: yesthatjallen

“Believes”?! Who cares what somebody believes? You have proof, or at least some actual evidence, or STFU.


39 posted on 02/08/2019 6:32:28 AM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Jeff, Jeff, Jeff,what’s good for the goose pal.


40 posted on 02/08/2019 7:02:38 AM PST by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' baby, Molon Labe)
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