FTC: We Can’t Afford Amazon Prime Suit Due To DOGE

CNBC reports:

The Federal Trade Commission asked a judge in Seattle to delay the start of its trial accusing Amazon of duping consumers into signing up for its Prime program, citing resource constraints. Attorneys for the FTC made the request during a status hearing on Wednesday before Judge John Chun in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Chun had set a Sept. 22 start date for the trial.

DOGE slashed the workforce by more than 62,000 workers in February alone. “We have lost employees in the agency, in our division and on our case team,” Jonathan Cohen, an attorney for the FTC,  said. Chun asked Cohen how the FTC’s situation “will be different in two months” if the agency is “in crisis now, as far as resources.” Cohen responded by saying that he “cannot guarantee if things won’t be even worse.”

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The Federal Trade Commission asked a judge in Seattle to delay the start of its trial accusing Amazon of tricking customers into signing up for Prime.

The FTC says resource constraints led to this request to delay.

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