FTC attorneys asked a Seattle judge to delay the start of a trial over its Amazon Prime "dark patterns" case. The agency cited staffing and budget constraints as factors for why the trial should be pushed back.

The FTC accuses Amazon of duping people into signing up for Prime. But it's hard to prepare for a trial when Elon Musk fires your attorneys and support staff.

The Federal Trade Commission is in a "dire resource situation," a federal lawyer said on a call about its major lawsuit against Amazon. Within hours, he retracted the claim.