House Lawmakers ask Amazon to prove Bezos and other execs didn’t lie to Congress

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Then-CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, testifies in Congress by video conference on July 29, 2020.





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Monday’s letter was signed by New York Democrat Jerrold Nadler, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, plus David Cicilline, D-R.I., who chairs the antitrust subcommittee, and also Ken Buck, R-Colo., Democrat Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.

The House antitrust panels has long been zeroing in on Amazon and other tech giants’ use of their scale and influence. The subcommittee’s sweeping report a year ago, called Amazon «a gatekeeper for ecommerce.» One of the key authors, Lina Khan, is now the head of the Federal Trade Commission.

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