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National Enquirer Investigated by FBI Over Possible Saudi Influence Peddling – Mother Jones
Earlier this year, federal investigators began requesting corporate documents and questioning staff at American Media Inc., the company run by Donald Trump’s longtime friend David Pecker, about a special issue of the National Enquirer it produced that lavished praise on Saudi Arabia and its controversial leader, Mohammed bin Salman, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the investigation. Gathering evidence through at least June and working at the direction of prosecutors from the Southern District of New York, FBI agents zeroed in on the circumstances behind the magazine’s publication and, according to one of the sources, whether AMI had engaged in illegal influence peddling on behalf of a foreign power. Both AMI and the SDNY declined to comment on the investigation, including whether it remains ongoing. This probe came amid a lurid controversy involving AMI, which until recently owned the National Enquirer , and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. In February, Bezos accused th...
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