Amazon lawsuit blames Trump for loss of Pentagon cloud contract

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Amazon lawsuit blames Trump for loss of Pentagon cloud contract

Accusations of "improper pressure" and bias over $10 bn cloud contract to rival Microsoft.

Amazon.com Inc on Monday accused US President Donald Trump of exerting "improper pressure" and bias that led the Department of Defense to award a lucrative US$10 billion cloud contract to rival Microsoft Corp . In a complaint filed in the US Court of Federal Claims, Amazon said Trump launched ...

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