Bottom Line: Palantir taps Trump-tied firm as it chases government contracts

Defense ​Palantir Technologies has hired Miller Strategies to lobby on issues related to defense policy and appropriations. The U.S. government has awarded Palantir nearly $2.5 billion in contracts since 2009, according to federal contracting data, and with more than $1.3 billion of that coming from the Department of Defense. Palantir has steadily been bringing in…