Bezos flags ‘ Saudi angle’ in extortion bid

about our investigation," he wrote. "For reasons still to be better understood, the Saudi angle seems to hit a particularly sensitive nerve."

On Friday, al- Jubeir likened the allegations to "a soap opera."

He provided a link to an Associated Press story about AMI's publication of a glossy magazine celebrating Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to the US last year.

AMI denied Saudi links or funding for the Salman issue, but reports said three weeks before his arrival, the media company sent a copy to the Saudi embassy for internal circulation. – Agencies