LINE UP THOSE CHICKEN WINGS. THANK YOU, CHERYL.
MEANWHILE, TURNING TO NEW
DEVELOPMENTS THIS MORNING IN THE
JEFF BEZOS TEXT SCANDAL.
WILD STORY.
WILD STORY. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY BEZOS’
GIRLFRIEND, LAUREN SANCHEZ, SENT
THE TEXTS TO HER BROTHER WHO
SOLD THEM TO THE NATIONAL
ENQUIRER, REVEALED AS PART OF
THE PROBE AS TO WHETHER THE
PARENT COMPANY ATTEMPTED TO
EXTORT BEZOS.
EXTORT BEZOS. JOINING US NOW, JUDGE ANDREW
NAPOLITANO.
NAPOLITANO. FOR TWO WEEKS WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE
HACKING HIS PHONE.
>> NOW, THE FBI’S NOT SAYING
THAT THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE DID
NOT HACK THE PHONE, BUT THE FBI
AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE
OFFERING ANOTHER THEORY WHICH
THEY SAY THEY HAVE EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT AS TO HOW THESE PICTURES
HAVE JEFF BEZOS AND HIS FRIEND,
MS. SANCHEZ, GOT OUT THERE.
OF COURSE, THE BROTHER, SAN
SANCHEZ’S BROTHER SAYING THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL HAS IT WRONG
AND I DIDN’T DO THIS.
SHE STILL HAD HAS A RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS SISTER.
WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS?
WE CARE ABOUT IT BECAUSE FALSELY
REPORTING INFORMATION TO THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT SOURCES IS A VERY
SERIOUS ISSUE.
SERIOUS ISSUE. FALSELY TRYING TO PIN THIS ON A
FOREIGN NATIONAL, A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF A FOREIGN
COUNTRY -- A HEAD OF A FOREIGN
COUNTRY IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE.
WHATEVER IT IS, THE FBI HAS
TAKEN IT SERIOUSLY AND THIS IS A
SERIOUS INVESTIGATION.
SERIOUS INVESTIGATION. THEY USUALLY DON’T SHOW THEIR
CARDS MID-STREAM IN AN
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. NOBODY’S BEEN CHARGED WITH
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. IF THIS HAPPENED THE WAY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOW SAYS IT
HAPPENED, THERE’S NO CRIME.
THERE IS BETRAYAL BY THE BROTHER
OF SANCHEZ’S GIRLFRIEND, BUT
THERE’S NO CRIME.
MARIA: THESE ARE PICTURES OF
JEFF BEZOS NAKED.
>> YES.
>> YES. IF SHE GAVE THEM TO HER BROTHER,
HER BROTHER WAS FREE TO DO WITH
THEM AS HE YOU SAW SAW FIT WITHO
VIOLATING CRIMINAL STATUTE.
DOES THE GOVERNMENT CARE ABOUT
INTERFAMILIAL BETRAYAL?
INTERFAMILIAL BETRAYAL? NO.
NO. THEY CARE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THE REPORT TO THEM THAT THE
SAUDI PRINCE WAS BEHIND THIS IS
ACCURATE OR NOT.
THE FEDS DON’T LIKE TO BE SENT
ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE.
MARIA: I HEARD THEY WERE
TOGETHER DURING THE ALFALFA
DINNER SATURDAY NIGHT.
I DON’T THINK HE’S MAD AT HIS
GIRLFRIEND.
GIRLFRIEND. >> THEY WERE AT THE TAJ MAHAL.
I SAW THE PICTURES THIS MORNING.
MARIA: CELEBRITY LAWYER MICHAEL
AVENATTI, GOT TO GET R YOUR TAKE
ON THIS, THE EXTORTION TRIAL
BEGINS TODAY, HE’S ACCUSED OF
TRYING TO EXTORT NIKE FOR UP TO
$25 MILLION AND ALSO ALLEGEDLY
DEFRAUDING A BASKETBALL COACH HE
REPRESENTED.
REPRESENTED. AVENATTI SAYS HE’S INNOCENT.
HE IS SAYING THAT HE’S INNOCENT
OF THIS AND NIKE IS DENYING HIS
CLAIMS THAT THE CHARGES STEM
FROM RETRIBUTION FOR AVENATTI’S
ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> WELL, LOOK, THERE IS A TAPE
OF AVENATTI THREATENING NIKE.
LAWYERS CAN ONLY GO SO FAR WHEN
THEY DEMAND TO SETTLE A DISPUTE.
BUT THE FED’S VIEW, A DEMAND TO
SETTLE AS BEING EXTORTION WHEN
THE AMOUNT DEMANDED IS OUT OF
PROPORTION TO WHATEVER HARM MAY
HAVE BEEN CAUSED.
WHERE DID HE COME ONE THE
$25 MILLION?
$25 MILLION? IT’S A NUMBER HE MADE UP.
MOST OF IT WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO
HIM AND MAYBE A PITT AANCE TO TH
BASKETBALL COACH WHO AT THE TIME
HE REPRESENTED.
HE REPRESENTED. YOU DEMAND $25 MILLION IN A CASE
THAT’S WORTH $25,000, THE FEDS
ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT AS
EXTORTION.
EXTORTION. THAT’S THE ESSENCE OF THE CASE
AGAINST HIM.
AGAINST HIM. DAGEN: IS HE IN JAIL.
>> YES, HE IS IN JAIL.
THIS IS VERY MYSTERIOUS.
HE WAS ARRESTED BY IRS AGENTS IN
THE MIDDLE OF A BAR ASSOCIATION
HEARING IN LOS ANGELES,
INTENDING TO TAKE HIS LICENSE TO
PRACTICE LAW.
PRACTICE LAW. HE WENT TO MEN’S ROOM AND HE
NEVER CAME BACK.
THEY WHISKED HIM IN CHAINS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS HE WAS
ACCUSED OF DOING THAT CAUSED A
FEDERAL JUDGE IN CALIFORNIA TO
PULL HAD HIS BAIL, PUT HIM ON A
PLANE AND SHIP HIM HERE.
HE’S IN LOWER MANHATTAN AND THE
SAME BUILDING WHERE EL CHAPO WAS
AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
HE’S GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO
WESTCHESTER COUNTY WHERE THE
TRIAL IS, I BELIEVE, PROBABLY
THERE ALREADY.
THERE ALREADY. DAGEN: I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
OTHER TELEVISION NETWORKS, CNN,
MSNBC, THEY LOVE TO TROT HIM OUT
BECAUSE EVERYTHING HE EVER HAD
TO SAY WAS AGAINST PRESIDENT
TRUMP, HE WAS ANTI-TRUMP AND
THEY COULDN’T SEE -- AGAIN, THEY
WERE PUTTING THIS MAN ON
TELEVISION AS IF HE WAS, WELL,
LEGITIMATE AND LOOK AT WHAT HE’S
CHARGED WITH.
CHARGED WITH. >> MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
REMEMBER THAT.
REMEMBER THAT. >> THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE
CRIMINAL TRIALS THAT HE HAS
COMING UP.
COMING UP. THE ESSENCE OF ALL OF THEM IS
FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS,
FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS, EXTORTION, STEALING MONEY FROM
BANKS OR CLIENTS.
>> AND TAX EVASION, PERHAPS.
>> OF COURSE, THAT’S ALWAYS IN
THERE.
THERE. DAGEN: TO QUOTE GENERAL CHUCK
YEAGER, TO PARAPHRASE, WE MIGHT
BE RAW AND BRASS BUT WE CAN SPOT
A PHONY BEFORE HE EVER SAYS HIS
FIRST WORDS.
FIRST WORDS. MARIA: THIS, THE GUY WHO WAS
ALL OVER ATTACKING PRESIDENT
TRUMP DURING THE KAVANAUGH
HEARINGS AS WELL.