Amazon says FTC should remove new chairman from its case Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters)-According to documents submitted to the agency, Amazon.com filed a petition on Wednesday asking Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Lina Khan to remove antitrust matters related to the online retail giant.

Amazon (NASDAQ:) stated in its filing that because of her previous work in antitrust advocacy organizations, public statements, and working for the Congressional Subcommittee, it asked Khan to avoid all matters related to Amazon.

Amazon stated in its documents: “In view of her long-term detailed statements to Amazon and her repeated claims that Amazon violated antitrust laws, a rational observer will conclude that she can no longer consider the company’s actions with an open mind. Antitrust defense.”. “Indeed, doing so will require her to deny the writings and statements that have been the basis of her career for many years.”

The FTC declined to comment.

The agency is investigating Amazon as part of a series of investigations of large technology companies. It is also investigating Amazon’s plan to acquire American film studio MGM.

Khan wrote an article for the Yale Law Journal in 2017, arguing that current antitrust laws focus on price and short-term and fail to cover the damage caused by companies such as Amazon, including predatory pricing.

She also worked for the Antitrust Committee of the House of Representatives Judiciary, which wrote a large report clarifying Amazon, Apple (NASDAQ:), Facebook (NASDAQ:), and Alphabet (NASDAQ:). Daq Stock Code:) Anti-competitive behavior of its subsidiary Google.