The Facts

• Former Washington Post editor-at-large Robert Kagan resigned following the non-endorsement decision and alleged a quid pro quo agreement between Bezos and Donald Trump to prevent the paper from endorsing Kamala Harris.Robert Kagan, Washington Post editor-at-large who resigned on Friday following the paper's decision not to endorse any candidate in the US presidential election, has alleged that the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, struck a secret deal with Donald Trump to drop its planned endorsement of Kamala Harris.

• Kagan pointed to a meeting between Trump and executives from Bezos' Blue Origin space company on the same day as the non-endorsement announcement as evidence of the alleged deal.According to Kagan, Trump met with executives at Blue Origin – Bezos' space exploration company – after The Post's announcement and "set up this quid pro quo" to kill the plan to support Harris as well as end The Post's decades-long practice of endorsing presidential candidates.

• The decision not to endorse a candidate has led to significant backlash, including criticism from former and current employees, as well as a reported 2,000 subscription cancellations within 24 hours.Kagan said Trump "waited to make sure that Bezos did what he said he was going to do, and then met with the Blue Origin people." The decision comes less than two weeks before US voters go to the polls to elect their next president.