Amazon pledges legal support to action against Trump travel ban
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#2AXMZ)
CEO Jeff Bezos says company's legal and lobbying teams will help fight the ban, echoing moves by Expedia and Microsoft
Amazon chief executive, Jeff Bezos, has pledged the full legal resources of his company to fight the travel ban instituted by Donald Trump against seven Muslim-majority nations.
In an email to employees sent on Monday afternoon, Bezos said that Amazon would be putting its legal and lobbying efforts behind the fight against the ban. A key avenue of opposition involves supporting the attorney general for Washington state, where Amazon is headquartered, in his lawsuit against Trump - the first confirmed legal action from a state against one of the new administration's policies.
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