Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, is willing to testify before a House antitrust investigation (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source) into the market power of major tech companies alongside other chief executives, a lawyer for Amazon wrote to lawmakers on Sunday. The New York Times reports: Amazon had resisted making him available to the House Judiciary Committee, the group overseeing the antitrust investigation, prompting lawmakers to threaten to legally compel Mr. Bezos to testify. The panel is likely to question Mr. Bezos, the world’s richest person, about claims that Amazon boxes out small businesses, abuses its power and mistreats warehouse workers. If he testifies before the committee, it will be Mr. Bezos’ first appearance before Congress.
In the letter sent on Sunday, Robert K. Kelner of the law firm Covington & Burling, which is representing Amazon before the congressional investigation, said the company was “committed to cooperating with your inquiry and will make the appropriate executive available to testify.” He added: “This includes making Jeff Bezos available to testify at a hearing with the other C.E.O.s this summer.” Mr. Kelner said Mr. Bezos’ availability was dependent on first resolving several issues, including timing, format and questions about the committee’s request for internal documents.
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