[aedron]

Yes, it seems he was pretty hardcore about it. "Go ahead, publish it."

Since J. Edgar Hoover, it is has been an open secret that blackmail drives the upper echelon of politics and media. The Bill Clinton thing is another example, pretty sure he put his foot down and said fuck it, hence Lewinsky turning up with a tainted dress from 8 months ago, and down goes the U.S. president. How many just acquiesce and play along quietly?

More people should have guts like Bezos (probably did). Though at some point, I'm sure the shadow people will just fall back on good old violence, like the Epstein case.