UK Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Over Discredited Steele Dossier

Published on February 1, 2024

A judge in London on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by former President Donald Trump over an infamous research dossier authored by British ex-spy Christopher Steele, which played a key role in the FBI’s probe into debunked allegations of a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia to swing the 2016 election. Judge Karen Steyn said on Feb. 1 that the lawsuit that President Trump filed in October against Orbis Business Intelligence, which was founded by Mr. Steele, should be dismissed. “There are no compelling reasons to allow the claim to proceed to trial,” she said, per The Associated Press. President Trump sued Orbis Business Intelligence, seeking damages from the firm for allegedly violating British data protection laws in connection with the publication of the report authored by Mr. Steele, who was paid by Democrats to compile research that contained various salacious claims....