That conspiracy theory needs work. The federal government pays billions annually for cloud services and it’s “people go to jail” illegal for the government to accept free services which would otherwise cost money (i.e. the government can use the AWS free tier like everyone else but above that they’re paying like everyone else).

It's not a conspiracy theory. It's business as usual for AWS. I'm all for righteousness but that's not applicable to the US Government and DOJ. People are bought and sold all the time.

Okay, where’s your evidence? Government spending is public so you should be able to say who’s using AWS for free.

The government is not a single entity. those investigating this type of thing are rewarded for success, and are not in any way related to those who would use services.

(as pointed out, it is also illegal for AWS to do that)