Amazon wants to depose Trump over loss of military contract

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Associated Press

Amazon wants to depose Trump over loss of military contract
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon wants to depose President Donald Trump over the tech company’s losing bid for a $10 billion military contract.

The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October. Amazon later sued, arguing that Trump’s interference and bias against the company harmed Amazon’s chances of winning.

The Pentagon was preparing to make its final decision when Trump publicly waded into the fray in July, saying he had heard complaints about the process and that the administration would “take a very long look.” He said other companies told him that the contract “wasn’t competitively bid.”

Amazon is looking for more information about what happened before and after that review, including an alleged comment that surfaced in a book last year that said Trump privately told then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to “screw Amazon” out of the contract.

The company said in a federal court filing in Washington on Monday that Trump has a “well-documented personal animus towards” Amazon, its CEO Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post, which Bezos owns. Amazon says that Trump is the only who can testify about the “totality of his conversations and the overall message he conveyed” about the bidding process.

Read more: https://apnews.com/79dcd3c2bbf6278daa34d19d73643ab8

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God:

Amazon Seeks To Depose Trump On Losing $10 Billion Contract Due To His “Personal Animus Towards Bezos”
February 10, 2020

https://www.joemygod.com/2020/02/amazon-seeks-to-depose-trump-on-losing-10-billion-contract-due-to-his-personal-animus-towards-bezos/

[Hoyt]

1. Definitely pulling for Bezos in this case.

[Iliyah]

2. The chicken occupying the WH?

Nah, he would last 5 minutes . . .

[beachbumbob]

3. thats the right Amazon has with a civil lawsuit, no way to dodge

[IronLionZion]

4. Supervillain vs supervillain

I'm pulling for the one who doesn't hide his baldness

[OnDoutside]

5. That's not all he doesn't hide !

[Javaman]

6. and what will happen?(as if the orange asshole would show up) the orange asshole will lie

and nothing will happen to him. and amazon will be right back where they are now plus legal costs. this is the nation we live in now.

[PatSeg]

9. He won't show up and no one can make him

Still it does make for a good story and maybe it will get under his skin. Another billionaire going after him, that must really smart!

[reACTIONary]

19. If he doesn't show, maybe Amazon...

... can for e a do over on the bidding.

[VWolf]

7. LOL I read "dispose", not "depose"

Probably closer to the truth

[Coventina]

8. Haha! So did I!

[robbob]

14. I did in fact read the word

“Depose”, but went with definition #1: to overthrow or remove from office.

[olddad65]

10. He doesn't have to submit to a deposition...

He is a fascist dictator, to which laws do not apply.

[W T F]

11. Show us the money, Bezos

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Are you short Amazon stock? Is it on your tax returns? /nt

[lunatica]

13. Let the massive egos war begin!

I hope both men lose in a very personal way.

[Marcuse]

15. Trump under oath?

[iluvtennis]

16. Love it. nt

[Marie Marie]

17. Get in line. We would all like to depose him for his many crimes.

But I do wish you succeed.

[reACTIONary]

20. Maybe we could have a ...

... gang deposition. Everyone shows up and takes turns!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Don't know if they have a case

But if they can make life harder for the dotard more power to them.