US judge says Amazon likely to succeed on key argument in contract challenge


Amazon contends the JEDI contract was awarded to Microsoft because of improper influence by President Donald Trump. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: A US judge said Amazon.com Inc is likely to succeed on a key argument of its challenge to the US Department of Defense's decision to award cloud computing deal worth up to US$10bil (RM42.09bil) to Microsoft Corp.

The opinion by US Court of Federal Claims Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith was unsealed on March 6. On Feb 13, she issued an order blocking work on the contract pending resolution of Amazon's court challenge.

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