2/ In July, under oath, Nate Sutton, Amazon's associate general counsel and a former DOJ antitrust attorney, told @RepJayapal that Amazon “do[es] not use any... specific seller data in creating our own private brand products.”

Watch him here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4870931/user-clip-amazons-seller-data
3/ WSJ’s reporting shows he lied. And yet, here’s Nate Sutton, getting sworn in, promising to tell the truth…. oops 🤷
4/ Just for fun, here’s House antitrust subcommittee Chairman @davidcicilline reminding Sutton he’s under oath 🙃
5/ Perjury is still a crime, even when Amazon does it.

“The Committee should make a criminal referral for perjury, and the Department of Justice should investigate what Mr. Sutton knew and when he knew it.” - Economic Liberties ED @sarahmillerdc
6/ . @sarahmillerdc: “In addition, the DOJ should investigate what role Jeff Bezos, Jay Carney, and other senior executives played in developing that response, and what they know about the practice."
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