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Taylor Swift ticket sales put Ticketmaster in the hot seat as lawmakers call for DOJ investigation

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From social media to the halls of Congress, the struggle for Taylor Swift fans to get tickets is creating bad blood for Ticketmaster.
WASHINGTON Some lawmakers are up in arms over Ticketmaster and say the company is abusing its market position and harming consumers.
“I’m sure there was a lot of people who really wanted to buy tickets, I couldn’t buy tickets,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said.
From social media to the halls of Congress, the struggle for Taylor Swift fans to get tickets is creating bad blood for Ticketmaster.
“Ticketmaster being unable to handle the number of people who wanted to buy tickets, just shows the merger did harm consumers,” Gillibrand said.

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