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

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Five members of a congressional committee say Jeff Bezos and other executives misled lawmakers and may have lied under oath, according to a Monday letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who succeeded Bezos in July.

House Lawmakers ask Amazon to prove Bezos and other execs didn't lie to Congress
Five Judiciary Committee members cited news reports about Amazon's special treatment of its own brands over other sellers' and said they are weighing a referral for a federal criminal investigation.
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9:30 AM · Oct 18, 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/18/1046994856/house-lawmakers-ask-amazon-to-prove-bezos-and-other-execs-didnt-lie-to-congress



Five members of a congressional committee say Jeff Bezos and other Amazon executives misled lawmakers and may have lied under oath, according to a Monday letter to Andy Jassy, who succeeded Bezos as CEO in July.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is asking Amazon for "exculpatory" evidence in light of news reports about the company's special treatment of its own brands over other sellers' products.

The lawmakers, all members of the House Judiciary Committee, add they are weighing "whether a referral of this matter to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation is appropriate." An Amazon representative on Monday said the company and its executives did not mislead the committee and denied allegations of unfair business practices.

At the center of this inquiry are questions about how Amazon treats its own private labels versus other companies' products on its site. The committee cited recent news investigations by Reuters, The Markup and others saying that Amazon used data from third-party sellers to copy products and give its own listings more prominent play, in some cases without indication.

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[Mad_Machine76]

1. Don't the people accusing somebody else of lying

bear the burden of providing somebody else lied? Now the standard is forcing somebody to prove their innocence?