A letter was sent by five members of the House Judiciary Committee. AmazonAndy Jassy is questioning CEO Andy Jassy about whether company executives misled Congress, or lied to Congress as part of an extensive investigation into the competitive practices at major tech companies.

On Sunday, Reps. Jerrold N.Y. and David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) requested Amazon to provide “exculpatory proof” in order to support previous testimony and statements by Jeff Bezos, then-CEO, as well as other executive witnesses to the committee for 2019 and 2020. Jassy was required to respond by November 1.

Legislators cited recent, credible reporting from Reuters the Markup the Wall Street Journal(and others) on Amazon’s private label practices and collection of third party seller data. These statements directly contradict the testimony of Bezos, Amazon executives, and other sources.

They wrote that the reporting “confirms that Amazon representatives misled Congress at best.” “At the worst it shows that they might have lied about Congress in possible violation federal criminal law.”

According to lawmakers, they are also considering whether or not they will refer this matter to the Department of Justice for criminal investigations.

Amazon’s spokesperson said that Amazon and its executives had not misled committee members. According to the spokesperson, Amazon has “denied and attempted to correct the record regarding inaccurate media articles.”

A spokesperson for Amazon stated that Amazon does not allow the development of private-label items using individual seller information and they don’t recommend private-label products appearing in search results.

The House Judiciary Committee launched an investigation in 2019 into Amazon’s competive practices. Apple FacebookAnd GoogleThe committee. In its investigation into Amazon, it has examined how Amazon uses third-party sellers’ data on its platform. It also looked into whether Amazon unfairly favors their products.

Amazon employees defended their business practices during a series of hearings. Nate Sutton is Amazon’s associate general counsel testified in July 2019Amazon doesn’t use seller data in its decision-making process, however it maintained it uses aggregated data which could help it gauge the success of product categories. David Zapolsky, Amazon’s general counsel, reaffirmed many of Sutton’s assertions after the hearing.

Bezos stated that Amazon’s policy protects seller information from employees access when he testified on July 2020. It also prohibits any use of seller information to launch private label products.

Bezos stated at that time, “If someone violated it we would take actions.”

The Journal reporting foundAmazon workers used easily identifiable, non-aggregated data from third party sellers to determine the products they would make. According to the Journal, Amazon executives developed ways to bypass Amazon’s restrictions on accessing individual seller data. Amazon stated at the time that they didn’t believe the allegations were true.

Cicilline, and other legislators have previously questionedWhether Sutton deceived Congress in his 2019 testimony.

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