JEDI news: Judge won’t dismiss Amazon’s claim that Trump interfered with $10B cloud contract
April 29, 2021 at 7:45 am
The Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. (DoD Photo)
The news: A federal judge on the Court of Federal Claims declined to dismiss allegations that former President Trump interfered with the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, a massive project to migrate the Pentagon’s computing infrastructure and data to the cloud.
Why it matters: Amazon has blamed Trump for improperly influencing the U.S. Department of Defense to reaffirm its decision to award the JEDI cloud computing project to its rival Microsoft. The DoD and Microsoft had filed a motion to prevent Amazon from making those allegations. The ruling means Amazon will be able to continue pursuing its argument in court, including potential depositions of Trump and former defense secretary Jim Mattis.