Donald Trump must have gotten tired of winning, because he just added a six-figure legal bill to his ever-growing pile of lawsuit fines.
A London judge has ordered Trump to pay £300,000 (or $382,000) in legal
fees for Orbis Business Intelligence, court documents released Thursday
showed. Orbis is a consulting firm founded by former MI6 officer
Christopher Steele.
During his career in British intelligence, Steele ran the Russia desk.
In 2016, he compiled a dossier that alleged Trump and members of his
inner circle had been “compromised” by Russia’s security service.
Trump sued Orbis, claiming he had “suffered personal and reputational
damage and distress,” particularly from the sex-related claims. He has
denied all the allegations in the dossier, which was leaked to and then published by Buzzfeed in 2017.
But presiding Judge Karen Steyn threw the case out last month, saying it
was “bound to fail.” And now, she has ordered Trump to reimburse Orbis
for the company’s legal fees incurred during the daylong hearing.
https://newrepublic.com/post/179650/trump-six-figure-fine-steele-dossier
I love dossiers.
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