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The changes took place about a week before U.S. President Donald
Trump accused Amazon in a tweet on Thursday of not paying enough
tax, taking advantage of the U.S. postal system and putting
small retailers out of business.
Amazon had cut ties from the lobbying firms last Friday and in
their place hired Paul Brathwaite of Federal Street Strategies
LLC and Josh Holly of Holly Strategies Inc, both of whom have
previously worked as outside lobbyists for Airbnb Inc and Oracle
Corp <ORCL.N>, the report said, citing a source.
Neither of the parties were immediately available for comment
outside regular business hours.
The e-commerce giant employs about 15 lobbyists, according to
earlier disclosures submitted to the U.S. Senate, with another
15 outside lobbying firms who each assign more lobbyists to work
on behalf of the company.
The retailer spent $15.4 million in 2017 on lobbying in
Washington, up from $12 million a year earlier.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil
Nair)
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