Politics A.M.: Supreme Court blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion over intimate photos; Ronan Farrow says he also faced 'blackmail efforts from AMI' for reporting on the National...
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joined the court's liberals in ruling that the state may not enforce a law that opponents say would close most of Louisiana's abortion clinics and leave it with only one doctor eligible to perform the procedure.
Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, said the Enquirer made the blackmail threat after he began looking into how the tabloid acquired text messages that revealed his relationship with a former TV anchor.
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The allegations from Bezos and Farrow have since prompted other journalists and media outlets to come forward with claims that they too had been targeted by AMI for reporting on the National Enquirer.
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