Judge grants Amazon motion for pause in Microsoft's Pentagon contract work

Amazon filed a lawsuit in November just weeks after the contract was awarded to Microsoft. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: A US judge on Feb 13 granted Amazon.com Inc's request to temporarily halt the US Department of Defense and Microsoft Corp from moving forward on an up-to-US$10bil (RM41.4bil) cloud computing deal that Amazon says reflected undue influence by President Donald Trump.

Amazon, which had been seen as a front-runner to win the contract, filed a lawsuit in November just weeks after the contract was awarded to Microsoft. Trump has publicly derided Amazon head Jeff Bezos and repeatedly criticised the company.