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February 14, 2020

Judge Temporarily Blocks Microsoft-Pentagon Contract After Amazon Lawsuit
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked Microsoft from working on a $10
billion Pentagon cloud contract. The ruling comes after Amazon sued to
block the contract, alleging the Defense Department did not fairly
evaluate Amazon's bid because Trump had intervened, telling former
Defense Secretary James Mattis to "screw Amazon" out of the deal in
2018. This claim surfaced in a book written by Mattis's former
speechwriter. Amazon argued its bid was not fairly evaluated because
Trump considers Amazon head Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington
Post, as Trump's "political enemy."


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