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Jeff Bezos says he didn't know Blue Origin met with Trump as he tries to calm Washington Post storm

Bezos' Blue Origin has a $3.4 billion contract to build spacecraft and is competing with Elon Musk’s SpaceX

In This Story Jeff Bezos says there is “no connection” between the Washington Post’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate and his space company’s meeting with former President Donald Trump. Besides the general controversy over a newspaper of record declining to endorse a candidate for the first time in almost four decades, subscribers and online commentators alike were angered by Bezos’ reported involvement in the decision. According to Bezos, it was planned “quickly that morning.” Trump also met with Megan Mitchell, Blue Origin’s vice president of government relations, .

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