Amazon Asks Court to Pause Microsoft Work on $10 Billion Pentagon Cloud Deal
- Lawsuit says Trump’s disdain of Bezos played role in decision
- Defense Department awarded $10 billion contract to Microsoft
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Amazon.com Inc. asked a court to temporarily block Microsoft Corp. from working on a $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract until a lawsuit challenging its validity is resolved.
The company’s cloud unit, Amazon Web Services, said in a statement Wednesday night that it was “common practice” to stay contract performance while a protest was pending, adding that it’s “important that the numerous evaluation errors and blatant political interference that impacted the JEDI award decision be reviewed.”