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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

House committee accuses Amazon of obstructing its investigation of downstate warehouse collapse

The heavily damaged downstate Amazon warehouse in the aftermath of a Dec. 10, 2021, tornado. A congressional committee says Amazon has failed to comply with a request for documents as part of an investigation into the tragedy. (Jeff Roberson/AP file)

A congressional committee investigating the partial collapse of a downstate Amazon warehouse during a tornado last year, killing six, has accused the online retail giant of “obstructing” its investigation.

“Nearly seven weeks have passed since the April 2022 deadline, yet Amazon still has not produced any of the key categories of documents identified by committee staff, let alone the full set of materials the committee requested in March,” wrote members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform in a June 1 letter to Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy.

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