Fired FTC commissioner raises concern over Trump ties to tech billionaires

Alvaro Bedoya points to interesting coincidence' that he was dismissed after criticizing Amazon's Jeff Bezos

A day after his abrupt firing by Donald Trump from the Federal Trade Commission, Alvaro Bedoya raised questions about the US president's relations with some of the country's richest men.

Appearing at a hearing of the joint judiciary committee of the state legislature in Colorado on Wednesday, the ousted Democratic commissioner said it was an interesting coincidence" his final public statement in post had blasted Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder.