Republicans urge Trump not to delay Pentagon cloud contract

Amazon’s cloud computing arm hired an ally of President Trump to lobby on its behalf amid the bitter battle over which company will receive the Pentagon’s $10 billion “war cloud” contract, according to a recent lobbying disclosure filing.

Amazon Web Services hired Jeffrey Miller, a political strategist who operates a D.C.-based government relations firm, to lobby members of Congress about “issues related to cybersecurity and technology,” the filing states, noting he was hired last month.

The disclosure, first reported by CNBC, emerges shortly after Trump threatened to intervene in the cloud-computing contract, saying he is concerned the deal is biased toward Amazon.

Miller, the CEO of Miller Strategies, has lobbied on behalf of a host of energy companies. And according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Miller this year raised over $111,000 in donations for Trump’s reelection campaign. He helped raise the money on behalf of Trump Victory, a fundraising committee shared by the Republican National Committee and Trump’s reelection committee.