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The Federal Trade Commission asked the judge in Seattle to detain the start of the trial, accusing Amazon Signing consumers to subscribe to your main program, citing resources restrictions.
FTC lawyers made a request during a hearing on Wednesday before Judge John Chun in the US District Court in Western Washington. Chun set the date of trial on September 22.
Jonathan Cohen, the FTC lawyer, asked about a two-month continuation in this case because of the personnel schedule and lack of the budget.
The FTC request goes against the backdrop of the efficiency of the Trump government’s efficiency to reduce costs. Dodge, headed by technical Baron Elon Musk, reduced the labor force of the federal government Only more than 62,000 workers only in February.
“We lost staff at the agency, our division and our team,” Cohen said.
Chun asked Cohen how the situation with the FTC “will be different in two months” when the agency “is now in the crisis regarding resources”. Cohen replied, saying that “he could not guarantee that everything would not be worse.” He pointed to the possibility that the FTC may have to move to another office “unexpectedly”, which could interfere with his ability to prepare for the trial.
“But there are many reasons to believe … We may have survived it at least for a while,” Cohen said.
John Hust, Amazon’s lawyer, challenged Cohen’s request to push off the trial.
“This call has not been shown that the government has no resources to go to the trial with the date of trial, as it was established,” Hustan said. “What I have heard is that they are still an untouched trial team. Perhaps there will be a movement in the office. And by the way, both in the government and in the private sector, I never heard that moving to the office was more than a few days devastating.”
Ftc sued Amazon In June 2023, claiming that the Internet has cheated on millions of customers, signing up for its program and sabotage its attempts to cancel it. Amazon denied any violations, calling the FTC claims “wrong about facts and law”.
“Amazon fell and trapped people who repeat their subscriptions without their consent, not only unpleasant users, but also cost them considerable money,” FTC chairman Lina Khan said at the time.
Ftc brought a separate business In September 2023, Amazon accused him of owning an illegal monopoly. The agency claimed that Amazon prevents the sellers from offering cheaper prices elsewhere through its discs. This case will go to court In October 2026.
At the time when the FTC started its affairs, Khan was replaced by FTC leader appointed Trump Andrew Fergusan. Technology companies, which are the goal of several regulatory agencies, sought to give a commitment to Trump, including Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos. He attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, and Amazon was one of several technology companies that donated $ 1 million in the inauguration of Trump.
