Trump 'in breach of' order to pay £300,000 in UK court ruling: Steele dossier author

07 June 2024

In the U.K., former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against British ex-spy Christopher Steele's company Orbis Business Intelligence, saying that Steele's claims about Trump were full of major inaccuracies.

But the lawsuit didn't go well for Trump, who, earlier this year, was ordered to pay Steele £300,000 by the U.K. High Court. And according to Britain's Sky News, Trump has yet to make that payment.

Steele told Sky News, "The fact is: We were awarded a £300,000 initial cost order in February, which was confirmed when his right of appeal was turned down at the end of March. And so, he's been in breach of that order for two months now."

Steele is the author of the widely debated Steele Dossier, which has been highly controversial even among Trump's critics — some of whom have said that the document's allegations, including those claiming bribery, have not been verified.

Steele, however, has maintained that he stands by his Steele Dossier.

Sky News reports that in the U.K., Mrs. Justice Karen Steyn did "not make any judgment on the allegations but ruled" that Trump's "claim was invalid because it was filed after the six-year limitation period."

Steele told Sky News that Trump's lawsuit is unjustified, arguing, "Cost is the key issue in all litigation, and particularly in what we call lawfare, which we think this is. It is an attempt to take vengeance against us or to keep us quiet,"

Read Sky News' full report at this link.

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