Well, the rumors are true: a gay Trump supporter sold out his sister and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for $200,000.
The Wall Street Journal confirmed longstanding rumors that Michael Sanchez, brother of Bezos’ mistress Lauren Sanchez, received a $200,000 fee for leaking nude photos of Bezos and Sanchez as well as racy text messages to the National Enquirer.
Sanchez, who when not tattling on family works as a talent agent, received an up-front payment in exchange for the messages. This breaks with the usual policy of the Enquirer and parent company American Media, Inc. which usually pays a source only if their information gets printed in a story.
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In February, Bezos published an essay accusing AMI chief David Pecker of extortion over the leaked photos. Bezos also theorized that the leaks were coordinated by Pecker as revenge for the Amazon chief’s vocal criticism of Donald Trump. Pecker and Trump have a long friendship dating back decades, and AMI has come under criticism for reporting stories aimed at glorifying Trump while trying to damage his critics. Michael Sanchez, an out-gay man living in West Hollywood, has vocally supported Trump, as well as his ally Roger Stone and Carter Page, a Trump campaign official accused of spying on behalf of Russia.
At this point, it remains unclear whether Michael Sanchez will face legal action over the leak.
gjg64
Hmmmmm? He was paid to basically steal something from someone…….kind of sounds like a crime for which the payer and payee are guilty.
jcoberkrom
Isn’t the Enquirer the catch and kill paper. What’s this about not paying until after publication? Just bas reporting/?
JackKirby
And I thought my family’s holiday dinners are stressful.
DCguy
The real story here is that the parent company of the Enquirer, AMI, and it’s head, Trump supporter David Pecker, are accessories in the theft, AND were giving an “In Kind” campaign donation to Trump that was not declared.
Not only are both illegal, but AMI’s plea agreement stated that they would not engage in felonious activity for several years, they violated that which could mean massive penalties and possible criminal penalties for the executives.
Heywood Jablowme
um… Did he steal her phone or what? (Leaving out a step here?) If that’s what happened, isn’t that illegal, to “leak” stuff you find on a phone you stole?
Greg
The “Revenge Porn” law?
Greg
What an pendejo. Is he a Trump supporter just so he can say he’s gay and supports Trump? Just so he can be the odd man out? He wants to be the anomaly. How can anybody with a brain, a heart and morals support Trump? Trump is a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical, bigot.
Aires the Ram
I have quite a good brain, a good heart, good morals, and I support our President. You telling me and others, otherwise, makes you a narrow minded, low-information bigot. Especially as homosexual men, who’ve been told all our lives that we’re without morals, going to hell, etc etc, we shouldn’t attack anyone for whom they voted for. It’s a-ok to debate policy differences, issues, the direction we want our country to go, but ad-hominem attacks like yours against who didn’t happen to vote for “your” candidate of choice, are dead wrong.
Doug
If this were my brother, I’d disown him.
Onecaddy13
My god, Like who cares??? Both Bezos & Sanchez are irrelevant alleged adulterers!! WOW, just because he’s extremely wealthy and she’s a forgotten anchorwoman, really who are they. What is he doing to help the world, just building bigger stores to make more money that he doesn’t need. There are way more important people than these two. I have absolutely no empathy nor tolerance for people who cheat !!!! ( allegedly )As for the brother, anyone who sells out their family is a sleazebag .
DCguy
So then you must feel equally as strongly that Trump has cheated on all of his wives right?
Billy12345
The point of messing with and intimidating Bezos was to get back at The Washington Post which Bezos owns. The WAPO has been at times critical (though just truthful) about Trump.
Theft.
Blackmail.
Press intimidation.
Black Pegasus
Disgusting…. I hope Bezos sues his ass into oblivion.
rbernard
Would you expect anything less from a lowlife scummy Trumpanzee?
and one of our twisted gay brothers did this despicable betrayal of trust ….
Such a dastardly deed will sure will make coming home for the annual Thanksgiving dinner awkward.
Rob Moore
I cannot count him as a gay brother twisted or otherwise. Selling out his sister sounds like something a Strumpet would do. I hope his neighbours shun him and that whenever he goes to a bar or club, local patrons point him out to others.