Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before the House to answer questions about the tech company's competitive practices, a company spokesperson confirmed to POLITICO on Monday, a major concession that staves off the prospect of a high-stakes legal bout over his testimony.

In a letter sent Sunday to leaders of the House Judiciary Committee, obtained by POLITICO, a lawyer representing Amazon said the tech giant is "committed to cooperating with your inquiry," including "making Jeff Bezos available to testify at a hearing" with other big tech CEOs this summer.

But the letter added, "Of course, we will need to resolve a number of questions regarding timing, format, and outstanding document production issues, all necessarily framed by the extraordinary demands of the global pandemic."

Bezos, the world's richest person and owner of The Washington Post, would become the latest in a series of prominent tech executives paraded in recent years before congressional panels investigating alleged antitrust abuses and other questions surrounding the industry.