The Federal Trade Commission has walked back comments that a lack of resources is interfering with the agency’s ability to be ready for a September trial over Amazon’s Prime program.
Read full article: Harper’s Chapel offers free spring break activities for kids in San Antonio’s poorest zip codeMan arrested, accused of sexually assaulting woman at Northeast Side hotel, affidavit saysThis may be the last PDF app you ever needFILE - An Amazon company logo marks the facade of a building, March 18, 2022, in Schoenefeld near Berlin.
AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen in Washington on Dec. 8, 2024. FILE - An Amazon company logo marks the facade of a building, March 18, 2022, in Schoenefeld near Berlin. AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)Jonathan Cohen, a lawyer for the FTC, had asked a federal judge during a hearing on Wednesday to delay the trail and relax deadlines in the case, citing budgetary and staffing shortfalls.But the agency made an about-face later in the day, telling U.S. District Judge John Chun in a letter submitted in court that the statements Cohen made were incorrect. “I want to clarify comments I made today: I was wrong,” Cohen wrote in the letter. “The Commission does not have resource constraints and we are fully prepared to litigate this case.” In a statement sent to the AP on Thursday, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson also said “the attorney was wrong.” “I have made it clear since Day One that we will commit the resources necessary for this case,” Ferguson said, adding that his agency “will never back down from taking on Big Tech.” Cohen’s comments were made amid large-scale cost-cutting efforts across the federal government driven by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.The trial is the result of a lawsuit the commission filed in 2023 accusing Amazon of enrolling consumers in its Prime program without their consent and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.This may be the last PDF app you ever need
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