Ex-spy dossier case against Trump dismissed by High Court

Donald Trump tried to take legal action in the UK against a former MI6 officer who made a report connecting him to Russia, but he was not successful.

The ex-president wanted to sue Christopher Steele’s company using data protection laws, but the High Court rejected the case.

Mr Steele put together a file with claims about giving money to officials and having parties with sex. These claims have not been proven.

It was shared with the media right before Mr. Trump became president.

He sued Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd because he said the file had wrong information and violated his data privacy rights.

Mrs Justice Steyn DBE said that on Thursday in London, she did not decide if the allegations are true or not, but she did say that Mr. Trump’s claim was made too late, after the six-year time limit.

She wrote that there are no good reasons to let the claim go to trial.

Mr Steele will make a statement later today.

The situation started in 2016, when a US political company asked Mr. Steele’s company to make a report about Russian involvement in the US election that year.

Hillary Clinton’s Democrats and other people who don’t like Mr Trump paid for the project.

Mr Steele, who used to lead a department in the UK’s secret service, sent his discoveries to the FBI, a British security officer, and a helper to a high-ranking US lawmaker.

BuzzFeed News got a file that said Mr. Trump had a secret relationship with Russia that might not be true.

The ex-president said in court last year that “none of the things in the Steele dossier ever happened. ”

“I want to make it clear that I never did any perverted sexual acts, like hiring prostitutes for ‘golden showers’ in a hotel in Moscow. ”

Mr Trump said that investigations proved the dossier was not true, but it still caused him a lot of harm and stress because people still believed it.

He said he couldn’t sue in the UK before 2023 because he was too busy being president.

Antony White told the court in October that Mr. Trump agreed that the company was not to blame for BuzzFeed’s release of the document.

Orbis said that the ex-president’s case was trying to fix old problems.

Special Investigator Robert Mueller examined claims that Mr. Trump’s campaign and transition teams worked with Russian agents to influence the 2016 election to help him win.

It did not prove there was a criminal plan, but it showed 10 times where he may have tried to stop justice.