Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) demanded Ticketmaster explain whether it misled Congress in 2023 about its handling of bot scalpers – days after the Federal Trade Commission sued the company for allegedly turning a blind eye to online price gouging.

The FTC’s bombshell lawsuit last month accused Ticketmaster and parent Live Nation of charging exorbitant fees on online sales, allowing bots to illegally resell millions of tickets and colluding with third-party brokers by letting them exceed ticket purchase limits.

In a scathing letter sent to Ticketmaster CFO Joe Berchtold late Tuesday, Blackburn expressed “grave concerns” about the allegations and cited testimony in 2023 in which Berchtold claimed the company was “doing everything we can to fight the people who attack our sales and stea

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