Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon formally asked the Federal Trade Commission to block recently appointed agency chair Lina Khan — an outspoken critic of Amazon and other tech giants — from participating in antitrust reviews involving the company because she has shown a demonstrable bias against Amazon.Amazon on Wednesday filed a motion requesting Khan’s recusal with the FTC on Wednesday, as first reported by Bloomberg News.
In the filing, the ecommerce company noted that Khan has made public comments about Amazon and its conduct, including that the company is “guilty of antitrust violations and should be broken up.”In a statement to CNBC, an Amazon rep said, “While we have the utmost respect for FTC Chair Khan, her work for the Open.
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