Posted on 03/07/2024 12:36:43 PM PST by algore
Donald Trump was ordered to pay six-figure legal costs to ex-MI6 agent Christopher Steele's company after suing over allegations which claimed he took part in 'sex parties' and gave bribes to Russian officials.
The former US president brought legal action against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultancy founded by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele.
Mr Steele, who previously ran the Secret Intelligence Service's Russia desk, was the author of the so-called Steele dossier, which included denied allegations that Mr Trump had been 'compromised' by the Russian security service, the FSB.
At a hearing in London last year, the High Court was told Mr Trump was bringing a data protection claim over two memos in the dossier which claimed he had taken part in 'sex parties' while in St Petersburg and engaged in 'golden showers' with prostitutes in Moscow.
In a ruling last month, Mrs Justice Steyn threw out Mr Trump's case, finding his compensation claim was 'bound to fail'.
And in an order, the judge also said the Republican front-runner will pay Orbis's costs 'of the entire claim'.
Mrs Justice Steyn said Orbis has estimated its costs to be more than £600,000.
She ordered that £300,000 should be paid by Mr Trump before the total costs are decided by a specialist judge.
The order, from early February, also said Mr Trump has made no attempt to bring an appeal.
The dossier, made up of more than a dozen memos, was produced by Orbis in 2016 ahead of the US election which saw Mr Trump become president before it was leaked to and published by BuzzFeed in 2017.
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More lawfare. Of course.
I allege Trump kicked my (non-existent) dog — can I sue for $1,000,000,000? These leftist judges would probably OK such a ridiculous suit.
PS Wasn’t the Steele “dossier” completely discredited? Oh that’s right — facts don’t matter to these leftist judges.
This is why we should have let European Wars kill off every last Limey on the planet.
You know, Trump is a better man than me because if I won the Presidency (and he will), I’d go scorched earth on these scum.
The dossier, made up of more than a dozen memos...
Yup. MADE UP.
But that does not matter to these leftist "judges."
Trump get lied about and then he has to pay the liar?
the muzzies are fixing that already. won’t be.long now.
So it didn’t even go to trial. The judge just decided that even though the facts were baseless that it didn’t matter and, oh, Trump needs to pay punitive damages.
This is BS
Got to give the guy credit. Trans Atlantic judgements. If he doesn’t pay, should we sic Putin on him?
Our so-called ally conspired against Trump. How can we or our government trust them?
It is all about getting Trump....Lies don’t matter.....
It’s getting so that I can barely read the news about Trump anymore. The Left is always trying to do something to him. It’s just plain evil.
Well to Trump a six payout is a rounding error. But still it’s the principal of the matter, though he should have known no UK court was going to side with him no matter how good of a case he had.
The good and the bad of lawsuits in the U.K. - the loser pays to legal costs for the other party.
The good - fewer suits will be filed against you, with others not suing unless they have a really strong case.
The bad - if you are sued and the case against you is not strong enough to prevail, you get your legal costs paid by the plaintiff against you.
This is Orwelian stuff. We are living in upside down world.
Bttt
5.56mm
Nota Bene, it's a girl-judge, and when they're bad, they're utterly petty, personal, and lawless.
So would I.. Trump won’t go soft on them.. And they who thought he would be taken out, didn’t know there is another side besides theirs.
I think that’s the point
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