Bezos willing to testify in congressional antitrust inquiry
Lawmakers have threatened to compel Amazon executives to testify
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is willing to appear before Congress as part of a House antitrust investigation following pressure from lawmakers who said they could compel him to testify.
Amazon is willing to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee, including by "making Jeff Bezos available to testify at a hearing with the other C.E.O.'s this summer," lawyer Robert K. Kelner wrote in a letter to lawmakers on Sunday, according to The New York Times.
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Kelner's firm, Covington & Burling, is representing the e-commerce giant.
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FOX Business' inquiries to the House Judiciary Committee was not immediately returned.
