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2024-02-15 Britain
U.K. judge dismisses Donald Trump's lawsuit over ‘Steele dossier’
February 1, 2024
[CBS] London — A judge in London on Thursday threw out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making "shocking and scandalous claims" that were false and harmed his reputation. Judge Karen Steyn said there were "no compelling reasons" to let the case Trump filed against Orbis Business go to trial.

The company was founded by Christopher Steele, who created a dossier in 2016 that contained rumors and uncorroborated allegations that caused a political storm just before Trump's inauguration.

  • Primary source of Steele dossier acquitted of lying to FBI

    Steele, who once ran the Russia desk for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, was paid by Democrats to compile research that included salacious allegations that Russians could potentially use to blackmail Trump.

    CBS News correspondent Imtiaz Tyab said the court was told during a hearing in late 2023 that Trump was bringing his case over two memos in the dossier, which claimed he had taken part in "sex parties" in St. Petersburg, Russia, and engaged in "golden showers" with prostitutes in Moscow.

    Trump called the dossier "fake news" and a political witch hunt, and in his legal filings he accused Steele of making false claims and sought unspecified damages from Orbis for allegedly violating British data protection laws.
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    Posted by Besoeker 2024-02-15 07:33|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

    #1 "no compelling reasons"?

    They'll never acknowledge such a thing even as they climb the scaffolding to the guillotine.
    Posted by Procopius2k 2024-02-15 07:51||   2024-02-15 07:51|| Front Page Top

    #2 Move along please, nothing to see here.
    Posted by Besoeker 2024-02-15 07:51||   2024-02-15 07:51|| Front Page Top

    #3 Not surprising as the British intelligence was ass deep in this.
    Posted by DarthVader 2024-02-15 10:19||   2024-02-15 10:19|| Front Page Top

    #4 ^Sometimes you have to help the Colonials to do the right thing.
    Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-15 11:08||   2024-02-15 11:08|| Front Page Top

    #5 Fani Willis' 'lover' Nathan Wade SWEATS on the stand: Trump prosecutor is grilled in court about the 'affair' as he reveals she paid him back for their lavish trips together in CASH so payments could not be traced
    Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-15 13:50||   2024-02-15 13:50|| Front Page Top

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