Amazon sues safety regulator, denying liability for hundreds of thousands potentially dangerous or defective products sold on its platform.

Amazon is suing the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for finding the e-commerce giant legally responsible for the recalls of hundreds of thousands of products sold on its site

Amazon’s lawsuit against the Consumer Product Safety Commission echoes arguments used by the Trump administration to attack the independence of other federal regulators.

Amazon is suing the Consumer Product Safety Commission over its decision to hold the company legally responsible for faulty products on its platform, The Associated Press reports. Amazon's suit demands that the shipping giant be considered a "third-party logistics provider" instead of a distributor and also calls the CPSC "unconstitutionally constructed.