Federal prosecutors are looking into whether the National Enquirer’s publisher American Media Inc., broke a cooperation agreement with the government, following accusations by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos that the company tried to blackmail him, The Associated Press reported Friday.
On Thursday, Bezos posted a Medium post in which he accused AMI of threatening to publish a nude selfie and other private photos of him unless he dropped an investigation into how the tabloid obtained the private materials.
The AP cited two people familiar with the matter who said prosecutors are looking into whether the emails sent to Bezos violated an agreement the government struck with AMI.