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Amazon Seeking Testimony From Trump, Esper In JEDI Cloud Contract Legal Challenge

Amazon Seeking Testimony From Trump, Esper In JEDI Cloud Contract Legal Challenge
President Donald J. Trump watches as new Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivers remarks Tuesday, July 23, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

Amazon Web Services [AMZN] said Monday the company is seeking to depose President Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper in its ongoing legal challenge of the Pentagon’s decision to award the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract to Microsoft [MSFT]. Court documents unsealed on Monday detail AWS’ call to receive testimony from senior officials on allegations the Pentagon left out critical details in its explanation of the decision to award the contract to Microsoft and the president’s…

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