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and AMI could face prosecution for other crimes , which they have admitted .
Bezos asserted that the motivation for this blackmail stemmed from Trump ’ s personal animosity toward him , the coverage of the president in The Washington Post , or an effort by Saudi Arabia to pressure the Post to limit their investigation of the killing of one of their reporters , Jamal Khashoggi . Bezos wrote that the Enquirer could not intimidate him and could publish the photos . A spokesman for the Enquirer denied all these charges .
According to Gabriel Sherman , an investigative reporter for Vanity Fair , Bezos is preparing a 90-page investigative report charging that the Enquirer paid David Sanchez , the brother of the mistress , $$ 250,000 for the compromising pictures . The report also charges that a financially failing Enquirer published the Bezos expose to curry favor from Saudi investors .
On February 27 , members of the House Oversight Committee questioned Michael Cohen . Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) zeroed on the treasure trove of catch and kill documents in Pecker ’ s secret safe . She asked for and received the names of AMI executives that might provide information on these documents to the Committee .
The Judiciary Committee headed by Representative Jerald Nadler ( D-NY ) requested documents pertinent to their investigation from AMI on March 4 , 2019 . Clearly , the election fraud crimes connected with the coverup payments to Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels will continue as subjects of investigation by a Democratic Congress .
The Federal Court scheduled Cohen to report for prison on May 6 , 2019 . Whether he can reduce his 3-year prison term
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