Amazon lawsuit blames Trump for loss of Pentagon cloud contract
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Amazon.com Inc on Monday accused USPresident DonaldTrumpof exerting "improper pressure" and bias that led the Department of Defence to award a lucrative $10 billioncloudcontractto rival Microsoft Corp.
In a complaint filed in the USCourt of Federal Claims,AmazonsaidTrumplaunched "repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks to steer" thePentagoncloudcontractcalled the Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure, popularly known as JEDI, away fromAmazonWeb Services.
The heavily redacted complaint saidTrump's motive was to "harm his perceived political enemy-Jeffrey P. Bezos, founder, and CEO of AWS's parent company,Amazon.com and owner of the Washington Post."
Trump's interference made it impossible for thePentagonto judge a winner "reasonably, consistently, an in a fair and equal manner,"Amazonsaid.
Trumphas long criticized Bezos andAmazonover low tax payments and accused the Washington Post of acting as a lobbyist for Bezos andAmazonand spreading "fake news."
Amazoncalled for a reevaluation of the proposals submitted to thePentagonand a new award decision.
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"The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends," the 103-page complaint said.
Amazonand the Department of Defense did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Details from the complaint were first reported by Bloomberg last week.
In recent congressional testimony, a topPentagontechnology official, Dana Deasy, denied thatTrumpor the White House influenced the JEDI selection process.
A challenge to the Defense Department's award announced in October was widely expected by legal experts, analysts and consultants, especially afterTrumppublicly deridedAmazon's bid for the high-stakescontract.