Trump: I didn't know National Enquirer was digging into Bezos affair

President Trump said Tuesday he didn’t know beforehand that the National Enquirer, run by longtime ally David Pecker, was planning to expose billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos‘ extramarital affair.

The tabloid’s January scoop, which included racy text messages between Bezos — a frequent target of Trump’s Twitter barbs — and his mistress, Lauren Sanchez, raised immediate speculation that it was an effort to take down a political opponent. Trump has frequently complained that he’s a victim of “presidential harassment” and described unfavorable coverage by the Washington Post, which Bezos owns, as “fake news.”