In Short
- A london judge has ruled that the former president must pay legal expenses to orbis business intelligence, related to a case concerning the contentious steele dossier.
- The case stemmed from trump’s complaint against christopher steele and his business, alleging defamation over unproven claims in the dossier.
- Despite trump’s legal challenges, courts have consistently rejected his claims, adding to his growing legal expenses this year.
TFD – Dive into the legal saga surrounding the former president’s involvement with the Steele dossier, as a London judge orders him to pay legal expenses to Orbis Business Intelligence.
According to court records made public on Thursday, a judge in London has ordered the former president of the United States to pay six figures in legal expenses to a business he sued over a contentious dossier that contained obscene and unproven claims about him.
Judge Karen Steyn ordered Trump to pay £300,000 ($385,000) to Orbis Business Intelligence, the company that retired British intelligence officer Christopher Steele founded, after rejecting the former president’s case against them last month, according to court filings.
Orbis Business Intelligence said that the case had cost it a total of £636,356.66 (or about $816,000); nevertheless, the business had requested that Trump reimburse it for £444,000 (or about $569,000) of those expenses. Given that the case was dismissed early before a defense was prepared, Trump’s legal team contended that these expenses were excessive.
In the end, Steyn ruled that Trump should reimburse less than half of Orbis Business Intelligence’s claimed expenses.
CNN has requested comments from the Trump campaign and Orbis Business Intelligence.
Trump filed the data privacy complaint against Steele and his business in September, claiming that Steele’s “egregiously inaccurate” accusations about his ties to Russia damaged Trump’s reputation.
The unverified assertions were initially presented in the infamous Steele dossier, which was covertly assembled by the former British spy in 2016 on behalf of Trump’s political rivals. The dossier was made public a few days prior to the outgoing president’s inauguration in 2017. According to the dossier, Trump and the Kremlin colluded to win the 2016 election, and Russia possessed damaging material about him.
Because of Steele’s good reputation, the main allegations were initially given some credibility, but over time, a number of US government investigations and lawsuits have shown the unreliability of Steele’s sources and debunked many of the claims.
For his part, Steele has consistently argued in public that his assertions were unconfirmed hints that needed more research and were never intended for public consumption.
The most recent order was announced after Trump was already subject to more than $500 million in legal fines this year. Following a civil fraud trial in New York, the former president was forced to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in her civil defamation action as well as a second $355 million judgment that has been accruing interest. In addition, Trump must pay his own legal costs for the 91 counts he is facing across four criminal proceedings.
Conclusion
The court order for Trump to pay legal expenses adds to his mounting financial and legal challenges, highlighting the ongoing fallout from controversies surrounding the Steele dossier. As legal battles continue, the significance of this case underscores broader implications for accountability and reputation management.
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