Had to face pain… Donald Trump’s lawsuit on ‘Steel Dossier’ in British court

Donald Trump said he has suffered personal and reputational damage and distress from the publication of the dossier. The dossier alleged links between the Kremlin and the former US president’s successful operations in the White House. Trump filed his own data collection lawsuit against former MI6 agent Christopher Steele’s Orbis business intelligence firm in a London court on Monday, seeking a judge’s ruling that statements in the dossier were false. His lawyers said Trump intends to testify at a later trial.

The report contains shocking and reprehensible claims about President Trump’s conduct, his lawyer Hugh Tomlinson said at the start of a two-day hearing in London. The Steele Dossier made headlines around the world in January 2017 when it was leaked to BuzzFeed and led to allegations that the presidential campaign was compromised by the Russian security service. With the London trial, Trump is opening a new front in his already busy legal calendar.

While running to reclaim the White House in the US, he faces four lawsuits, in addition to two civil trials. He is expected to attend the civil fraud trial against him in New York this week. This week’s hearing will decide Orbis’ bid to have the claim dismissed as early as possible in the case. Lawyers for Steele’s company argue that the claim has no reasonable prospect of success and that Trump is merely attempting to retaliate. Trump’s lawyer Tomlinson told the judge that it is undisputed for me to say that President Trump is a controversial person. His interactions with the US legal system have been many and varied, but we say none of it is relevant.