U.S. Is Said to Look at Bezos’ Extortion Claim.

The article states that U.S. federal prosecutors were evaluating a claim made by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos that the company American Media Inc., the parent firm of the newspaper The National Enquirer, used extortion and blackmail techniques to publicize details of his extramarital affair. According to the article, any violation of the law by American Media would violate the terms of an agreement it had reached with prosecutors with the Southern District of New York.