The National Enquirer's parent company said it would launch a probe into the "blackmail attempts" Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accused it of in a scathing blog post. “American Media believes fervently that it acted lawfully in the reporting of the story of Mr. Bezos," the publisher said in the statement. “They have begun to believe, the Bezos camp, that this publication by the National Enquirer might have been politically motivated,” said Roig-Franzia. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe National Enquirer put out a story last month that included lurid texts between Bezos and Sanchez. That set off, according to Bezos, a threat to back off or risk having the personal photos exposed.

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