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Federal prosecutors probing whether National Enquirer’s handling of Bezos story violated cooperation deal

New York • Federal prosecutors are deciding whether National Enquirer’s handling of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos story violated cooperation deal.

Bezos says he was the target of “extortion and blackmail” by the publisher of the National Enquirer. He says the Enquirer chief threatened to publish revealing personal photos of Bezos unless he stopped investigating how the tabloid obtained his private exchanges with his mistress.

The publisher of the National Enquirer says it will investigate Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' allegation that it threatened to publish revealing personal photos of him unless he stopped investigating how the tabloid obtained his private exchanges with his mistress.