Spin: DoD spokesman says IG review debunks claims of White House influence on JEDI contract.

Reality: DoD prohibited officials from answering IG's questions about White House influence.

Shady AF, folks!https://t.co/qtMYryBsAa

— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) April 15, 2020

DoD IG JEDI report out: ``we believe'' evidence showed ``DoD personnel who evaluated contract proposals and awarded Microsoft the JEDI Cloud'' were not pressured regarding their decision'' by any DoD leaders more senior'' who ``may have communicated with the White House.''

— Anthony Capaccio (@ACapaccio) April 15, 2020

DoD accidently shared Microsoft's confidential information with AWS team https://t.co/fZqoTbINHh

— pradeepviswav (@pradeepviswav) April 15, 2020

"investigators were unable to rule out whether the White House interfered with the contract award because DoD's general counsel instructed senior DoD witnesses not to verbally answer questions about communications between the White House and Pentagon"https://t.co/Wbur2Xhx8s

— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) April 15, 2020

By the process of elimination doesn’t this confirm that the White House influenced the process? https://t.co/dOR01ANujS pic.twitter.com/CVz7KQ0isq

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 15, 2020

It bid high and lost. Should Amazon be allowed a do-over on JEDI? https://t.co/Hgx7xG7Rfp

— Frank X. Shaw (@fxshaw) April 15, 2020

Nothing shows deep respect for limited government like interfering in the federal contracting process to retaliate against an American business so you can punish its owner for allowing newspapers to print criticism of you https://t.co/Y0Pe8vc9C1

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) April 15, 2020

DoD IG can't prove Trump unlawfully blocked Amazon from a $10B contract –– cuz he barred DoD officials from cooperating in the investigation.

this feels... familiar.https://t.co/a5hgzroAW9

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) April 15, 2020

This strikes me as troubling to say the least: Army lieutenant colonel puts out an official Pentagon statement attacking the press.

Additionally, as @politico reported, senior DoD officials were barred by the White House from participating in the review. https://t.co/7PR0lQ76UP pic.twitter.com/EMePZSKLLR

— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) April 15, 2020

Significant "yes, but.." in this report from the DoD's inspector general: It found no apparent interference from the White House in the JEDI contract award process, however, the OIG said DoD instructed key officials not to answer questions about communications w/ the White House. https://t.co/tNWOHkIbsC

— Annie Palmer (@annierpalmer) April 15, 2020

BIG: The Pentagon's inspector general could not determine if the White House interfered in a DoD contract to Amazon because Pentagon lawyers invoked a "presidential communications privilege" https://t.co/Ow55MrGoF5

— Blake News (@blakehounshell) April 15, 2020

I said this the other day but it is worth noting that Jeff Bezos could’ve gone Zuckerberg and given in to this bullying and we’re lucky he hasn’t so far. https://t.co/Wu6zsW5s5s

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 15, 2020

Pentagon's inspector general says Microsoft's JEDI cloud win should stand: https://t.co/FSB1ijPazN

— Mary Jo Foley (@maryjofoley) April 15, 2020

Bill Gates calls WHO funding cut during pandemic ‘as dangerous as it sounds’https://t.co/5VC9mVuSMP

— VALKYRIE ?? (@enigmasempre) April 15, 2020

A Chinese government-funded think tank has assigned a label to each of America's 50 state governors: friendly, ambiguous, or hard-line. China is trying to do an end-run around the federal government by offering investment directly to states. #decouple https://t.co/W1X2TOqj74

— Anders Corr, Ph.D. (@anderscorr) February 8, 2020

２ヶ月前ぐらいに新唐人あたりで言及してた武漢の感染病研究所の感染被曝の話がようやく出てきたな

https://t.co/lvoyS6iw4Z

— とかち♻️ (@io_oj) April 15, 2020

Shots fired: https://t.co/qky1RlJOMo

— Matt Rosoff (@MattRosoff) April 15, 2020

BREAKING: Pentagon IG says evidence suggests JEDI cloud contract award to Microsoft wasn't influenced by White House, but it wasn't able to conduct a full review as several witnesses were prevented from speaking to the agency by the administration. https://t.co/HGle56wTrx pic.twitter.com/O0J0hbO2yj

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) April 15, 2020

DOD Clears Microsoft’s JEDI Contract Award - https://t.co/7L3jot8eyr pic.twitter.com/dmFDxtFGOx

— Paul Thurrott (@thurrott) April 15, 2020

Pentagon report suggests Amazon is overreaching in its JEDI complaint, bidding too high and "wanting a do-over" against Microsoft.https://t.co/kNLenhVUcf

— Daniel Rubino (@Daniel_Rubino) April 15, 2020

The Pentagon's IG reported that the White House did not influence the Defense Department's decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft over Amazon.https://t.co/oRzwhRUy0E

— Axios (@axios) April 15, 2020

Long-awaited OIG report on DoD's JEDI Cloud procurement is out. Developing story here: https://t.co/W9RTnyvuXp

— Jared Serbu (@jserbuWFED) April 15, 2020

This strikes me as troubling to say the least: Army lieutenant colonel puts out an official Pentagon statement attacking the press.

Additionally, as @politico reported, senior DoD officials were barred by the White House from participating in the review. https://t.co/7PR0lQ76UP pic.twitter.com/EMePZSKLLR

— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) April 15, 2020