This is important because the whole point of the blackmail attempt was to not just to get Bezos to force the WaPo to stop investigating, but also to force him to make a public statement that AMI’s reporting was not driven by political considerations. It’s bad enough to threaten someone in general, but threatening someone for the purpose of making them say something you know to be false may well cross a line that’s sufficient for the SDNY.
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There’s the old line ascribed to Mark Twain about, “not picking a fight with a man who buys ink by the gallon.”
On the other hand, I’m pretty sure in that day and age, the only people who controlled the resources equivalent to a modern-day billionaire were the aristocrats, that ultimately don’t give a shit about the law.
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Even Putin must be repelled by these gangster going-ons associated with his protegee’. The more we learn about Trump’s underworld shenanigans the more of a punk he appears to be.
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He also handles (poorly) his own makeup.
I agree with @brutus1910 comment above. Reading josh’s editor’s take I think he missed this as a major point. It isn’t that the Enquirer acquired the information, it’s that they directly threatened to use is for extortion.
@sandyh Not so much a matter of style as of degree. Putin aims for the billions; CaveMan Spankee grubs for the thousands.
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Mr. Bezos’ investigators noted that the pictures and information came from a high ranking White House official. I think that this is something straight out of Cuck Kushner’s playbook. He has the motive, the know-how and the means.
Cuck Kushner’s father Chuck Kushner sent his brother-in-law prostitutes, had a video taken, and sent the video to his own sister. The conservative US attorney and Trump supporter Chris Christie called it one of the most disgusting and loathsome crimes he had prosecuted.
I would not be surprised if Cuck Kushner used his access to the Presidential Daily Brief to send the dick pictures to the National Enquirer.
This would endear him to Preshitident Skanky-Manslut and First Lady Iwanka Trump and also to Saudi Crown Prince Mo Bone Saw, with whom he has ongoing financial relationship, intelligence sharing and consulting arrangement, and bromance via WhatsApp.
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So true.
On the contrary have you ever heard a good pecker joke?
No, but I have heard a wood pecker joke.
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If it’s dealing with Donnie, it would have to be a pickled pecker.
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And the new one (attributable to me) about, “Don’t pick a fight with a man who buys e-ink by the pixel-load.”
Certainly not a Prime Member.
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I get the biggest kick out of seeing the macaques in Japan in the snow sitting in hot pools. Just makes my day.
Sick of seeing Melanie though, with her frozen face. I hope she dumps the Orange Stain after he’s booted out of the WH and she sinks into obscurity.
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Making up eh??
Because of the non prosecution agreement? No, because Pecker revealed somewhat to Mueller. But now Pecker has stepped in it. With both feet. Bezos can wipe out AMI. He can reduce Pecker to pauper status. And now I expect we will see what AMI and Pecker tried to hide in that agreement. And I bet it involves trump.
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True love means never having to say I’ll blackmail your archenemy for you.
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Melanoma managed. Everyone has their price.
I think the squinty eyes are more likely a result of multiple facelifts/eyelfts, where the skin gets pulled away from the eyes a little more each time. But there’s definitely something weird going on with her eyelids, too, because the outer lids seem to be pressing in on her eyeballs.
She’s got natural beauty. The continuous work has turned her into a mannequin
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Brain bleach stat!!!
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So manly in that bomber jacket! Melania moisting up.
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She’ll stick around until the money runs out.
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