Only a pathological liar or a complete cretin could read those emails and not acknowledge that it was a blatant attempt at extortion. The people who did it are idiots because they can't really harm Bezos, and in the end this scandal may be the end of them. Huge risk, little gain.
It doesn't really matter what they say now....once you read the email exchange, it's extortion, plain and simple.
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