Five lawmakers wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Sunday questioning whether the company’s top executives, including then-CEO Jeff Bezos, misled Congress during testimony in 2019 and 2020.
The lawmakers said “recent, credible reporting” contradicts previous testimony from Bezos and other executives about Amazon’s private-label practices and third-party seller data collection.
Reps. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., David Cicilline, D-R.I., Ken Buck, R-Colo., Pramila Jayapal, D-Calif., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Sunday requested Amazon provide “exculpatory evidence” to corroborate previous testimony and statements provided by then-CEO Jeff Bezos and other executives to the committee in 2019 and 2020. The lawmakers said Jassy must respond by Nov. 1.
