>> narrator: the magazine's owner, david pecker, was linked to t powerful men who disliked how they wereent trump. >> it's put there for the benefit of "the washington o postamazon... >> narrator: the second: saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman, who the c.i.a. had tied to the murder of one of the "post's" journalists, jamal khashoggi. >> former c.i.a. dector john brennan said, "i have no doubt that saudi arabia would want to embarrass jeff bezos and hurt him financially." >> narrator: david pecker demanded that bezos publicly declare the "enquirer's" coverage was not politicallyte motior he'd publishto intimate phos of him. >> breaking news tonight, a stunner from the richest man in the wod. >> narrator: rather than give in, bezos fought back. >> jeff bezos calling out the publisher of the "national enirer," david pecker. >> bezos published a personal account accusing the "national enquirer" of blackmail, of extoion. >> he turned the situation around and handled it so transparent, he was veryy courageous, admitted some very embarrassing things about himself, didn't try to deny it-- an

phone, the allegation against the crown prince, bezos' alleged extortion against american media, david peckerrida, all of this is going to come to a head if there is a trial. i keep emphasizes if there is a trial. michael sanchez is a public figure which means the laws involving public figures protect jeff bezos. stated differently, sanchez will have to show that bezos knew that what he said was false or was reckless in his concern for whether it was true or false. that's the threshold issue. it's a very, very high bar, intentionally a high bar, to encourage people to say critical things about public figures. maria: so just to be clear, jeff bezos sends naked pictures of himself to his girlfriend, lauren sanchez. lauren has a brother, michael sanchez, and the speculation is that michael sanchez gave those pictures to the national enquirer so lauren, the girlfriend, sent the pictures to her brother? >> that is the allegation. except that the brother says i did not expose these pictures. what jeff accused me of doing, i didn't do. i don't know how they got out there. so this is really -- they w