> this is the correct way to handle such things.

Yes, with conditions.

Bezos himself writes, in the article we're discussing:

I asked him to prioritise protecting my time since I have other things I prefer to work on and to proceed with whatever budget he needed to pursue the facts in this matter. - emphasis mine.

And that:

On that point, numerous people have contacted our investigation team about their similar experiences with AMI, and how they needed to capitulate because, for example, their livelihoods were at stake.

Thus making it plain, simple, and obvious, that he recognises that having a net worth up around the US$137 billion[1] mark has it's perks.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos

Edit: inconsequential grammar improvement