In McDougal’s case as well as Bezos’, if the silencing had worked, AMI would have taken on and taken out someone considered to be an enemy of Trump’s. McDougal posed a threat to then-candidate Trump because she could have spilled some scandalous beans just before the 2016 election. The president dislikes Bezos because he hates the reporting on his administration delivered daily by the Post, not to mention that he’s jealous of Bezos’ billions.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 09, 2019 11:03 UTC