Lawyers for web giant Amazon.com Inc. want to depose President Donald Trump in a suit that alleges he asserted “improper pressure” in the Pentagon’s decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to rival Microsoft Corp.

Amazon’s intent to depose Trump was revealed in newly released court papers Monday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, where Amazon’s lawyers at Morrison & Foerster and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher sued the U.S. Defense Department in December.

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