Amazon may have misled Congress, House Judiciary chair says – By David McLaughlin and Bloomberg (Fortune) / April 23 2020
Amazon.com may have misled Congress when a company lawyer testified last year that the online retailer doesn’t use data it collects on sales to favor its own products over third-party sellers, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler said a story in the Wall Street Journal Thursday that reported Amazon used data from sellers to develop competing products raised “deep concerns.”
“Amazon has had opportunities to correct the record on its business practices,” the New York Democrat said in a statement. “It is deeply concerning that, beginning with the hearing last year, they may have misled Congress rather than be fully forthcoming on this matter.”
The Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel has been investigating whether Amazon and other U.S. technology giants are harming competition. The chairman of that panel, Rep. David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, suggested last year that Amazon lawyer Nate Sutton may not have been truthful in his appearance before the subcommittee.
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