Donald Trump accuses Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos of buying the Washington Post in order to use it as a "tool for political power" to influence corporate tax policy and prevent anti-trust investigations from being launched into Amazon's business.



"Every hour we're getting calls from reporters from The Washington Post asking ridiculous questions," Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity Thursday night. "And I will tell you, this is owned as a toy by Jeff Bezos, who controls Amazon. Amazon is getting away with murder, tax-wise. He's using The Washington Post for power so that the politicians in Washington don't tax Amazon like they should be taxed."



Washington Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward said this week that the newspaper has 20 reporters assigned to investigating Trump's personal life, and even preparing a book about him.



"He is getting absolutely away, and I think he is worried about me. I heard from somebody, it was in some article, that he is afraid I am going to go after him for anti-Trust. Because he's got a huge anti-trust problem, because Amazon is controlling so much of what they're doing."



Bezos bought the Washington Post in 2013 from longtime owners, the Graham family. According to the website OpenSecrets, Bezos has donated money to both Republicans and Democrats.



"What they've done-- He bought this paper for practically nothing, and he's using that as a tool for political power, and is using that against me and against other people. I'll tell you what, we can't let him get away with it."



"He's making these really bad stories --they're wrong-- I don't even say bad. Theyr'e wrong, and in many cases they have no proper information, and they're slopping them together, they're going to do a book, and the book is going to be all false stuff, because the stories are wrong. And the reporters, one after another."



"He's using that as a political instrument to try and stop anti-trust, which he thinks I beleive he has a trust -- What he's got is a monopoly and he's trying to make sure I don't get in. It''s one of those things. I'll tell you what, what he is doing is wrong --The whole system is rigged. You see a case like that, the whole system is rigged."



"He's using The Washington Post, which is peanuts, for political purposes to save Amazon in terms of taxes and in terms of anti-trust."