American Military News by Laura Widener 12/9/2019
Amazon blamed President Trump and his “improper pressure†for influencing the Pentagon to avoid signing a huge cloud computing contract with Amazon, instead signing with Microsoft.
Amazon waged the complaint with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims – which was released to the public on Monday — alleging that Amazon was favored to win the 10-year, $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) until Trump “launched repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks,†The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
The complaint argues that Trump’s intention was “to harm his perceived political enemy—Jeffrey P. Bezos.â€
Trump previously blamed Bezos – the owner of The Washington Post – for negative coverage of his administration, although the Post has denied editorial influence.
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