Saudi Arabia Denies Role in Jeff Bezos Scandal


"It sounds to me like a soap opera.” So said Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir of the feud between Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, and the National Enquirer. Bezos has claimed the supposedly Saudi-connected tabloid’s exposé on his affair was retaliation for the Post’s coverage of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A lawyer for National Enquirer CEO and Trump ally David Pecker said neither Riyadh nor the White House leaked lurid images of Bezos to the tabloid.

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