Finally, a bipartisan group of lawmakers threatened to subpoena Bezos, citing the Wall Street Journal article that quoted private-label employees on how they used internal data from third-party merchants to launch Amazon-branded products. An Amazon lawyer, Nate Sutton, had previously vowed under oath before the committee that such practices did not occur, so the lawmakers demanded that Bezos address this conduct and the question of whether Sutton had perjured himself. He and the company couldn’t avoid it anymore: for the first time, Bezos would have to testify before Congress.
