WSJ: prosecutors have evidence it was Bezos’s girlfriend, not Saudis, who leaked pics

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Who was saying it was the Saudi's?

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Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have evidence indicating Jeff Bezos ’ girlfriend provided text messages to her brother that he then sold to the National Enquirer

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The U.S. attorney’s office has also been investigating whether Mr. Bezos’ phone was hacked, according to the people.

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I think you misinterpreted the story. The leak to the Enquirer and the hacking by the Saudis are not necessarily mutually exclusive outcomes.

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Team Bezos has long claimed that MBS has it out for the Amazon chief, who also owns the Washington Post. The paper’s relentless coverage of the grisly death of its columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, allegedly enraged the Saudi leader, who was implicated in ordering Khashoggi’s murder. That’s where the so-called dick pics come in. Almost a year ago, Bezos accused the National Enquirer and AMI of trying to extort him over compromising photos he allegedly exchanged with his girlfriend, and he published email exchanges on Medium to prove it. Gavin de Becker, a veteran private investigator for Bezos, soon made a related and more incendiary charge: Saudi Arabia had swiped “private information” from the billionaire’s phone and was “in league” with the Enquirer to bring down Bezos by threatening to publish the photos.

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