Jeff Bezos’ investigator believes text messages were obtained by ‘government entity’

The lead investigator for Jeff Bezos believes intimate text messages from the Amazon CEO to his mistress may have been obtained by a “government entity,” according to a report.

Gavin de Becker – who is leading the probe into the National Enquirer’s acquisition of Bezos’ private texts to also-married TV anchor Lauren Sanchez – has spoken extensively with Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia, who appeared on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell Thursday night.

“He’s provided us with some very interesting insights into the back stages of this whole drama, including the investigation that has taken place in which they have begun to believe – the Bezos camp – that this publication by the National Enquirer may have been politically motivated,” Roig-Franzia said.

“Gavin de Becker told us that he does not believe that Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked,” he added. “He thinks it’s possible that a government entity might have gotten hold of his text messages.”

The insights come soon after Bezos dropped bombshell allegations against the National Enquirer on Thursday — accusing it of trying to blackmail him with nude selfies.

The billionaire alleged in a “Medium” post that the Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc., threatened to publish a nude photo of him and other lewd images they’d obtained if he did not stop investigating the tabloid’s recent exposure of his affair and publicly declare that its reporting on it had not been “politically motivated.”

Just two days earlier, the Washington Post, which Bezos owns, published a story exploring whether the Enquirer’s recent exposé on his affair with also-married TV anchor Lauren Sanchez — and subsequent split from his wife of 25 years — was a “political hit job.”

The gossip mag in January published pages of saucy texts and descriptions of racy photos exchanged between the illicit couple — and forced Bezos to publicly announce his divorce before the issue hit newsstands.