Trump Must Pay Over $300,000 Legal Bill To Company Linked To Steele Dossier, Judge Rules

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When explaining the ruling, the judge noted Trump chose “to allow many years to elapse” without trying “to vindicate this reputation in this jurisdiction.” Trump’s lawyers claimed Steele had made “shocking and scandalous” allegations when he compiled the so-called Steele dossier, a series of documents purporting to break down Trump’s alleged Russia ties that were published online days before Trump was inaugurated—and included false, fabricated or inaccurate information about the former president.

The former president was seeking damages from Orbis for allegedly violating British data protection laws when it accessed his personal data for the dossier.The information in the dossier came to light when Buzzfeed published the findings of Steele’s report online in early 2017. Steele, a former MI6 agent who led the agency’s Russia desk, has said he did not make the report’s finding public.

 

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