The request follows a report finding Amazon employees had used data from third-party sellers to rival them with Amazon's own private-label products.
Two lawmakers in the House of Representatives called out Amazon for potentially misleading Congress about its use of seller data following the Journal's report on Friday.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Russell Building on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is asking the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into , citing reports that he says suggest the company has used "predatory and exclusionary data practices to build and maintain a monopoly."that found Amazon employees had used data from third-party sellers to rival them with private label products under Amazon's own brands.
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