UK judge tosses trump's lawsuit against Orbis (Steele, M16)

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LONDON (AP) — A judge in London on Thursday threw out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump that accused a former British spy of making “shocking and scandalous claims” that were false and harmed his reputation.

Judge Karen Steyn said the case Trump filed against Orbis Business Intelligence should be dismissed. “There are no compelling reasons to allow the claim to proceed to trial,” she said.

Trump said he had not engaged in “perverted sexual behavior including the hiring of prostitutes ... in the presidential suite of a hotel in Moscow,” taken part in “sex parties” in St. Petersburg, bribed Russian officials, or provided them with “sufficient material to blackmail me.” He also said he had not bribed, coerced or silenced witnesses.

Orbis said the lawsuit should be thrown out because the report was never meant to be made public and was published by BuzzFeed without the permission of Steele or Orbis. It also said the claim was filed too late.

The judge agreed, concluding Trump had “chosen to allow many years to elapse -– without any attempt to vindicate his reputation in this jurisdiction -– since he was first made aware of the dossier” in January 2017.

“The claim for compensation and/or damages … is bound to fail,” Steyn said.

so not only did the judge not find any compelling reasons to allow this to proceed, there's that odd habit of trump's lawyers to present late filings. I'm assuming it's as much about trump's insistence they file despite there being no legal recourse to do so as their own incompetence. Any decent lawyer, one would have thought, wouldn't bow to a client's pressure in matters that are simply not going to go anywhere for perfectly legal reasons.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...1&cvid=74457e036d7544e8b3d60a66827132ab&ei=16

 

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I thought it was established that hookers did arrive at his room, but they were sent away

Then? His bodyguard left.

So??

Putin made the point that Russian Prostitutes were the most beautiful in the world.

Links.. later

 

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Donald Trump has been told to pay the six-figure legal costs of a company he sued over claims of "perverted" sex acts and bribes to Russian officials.

Mrs Justice Steyn threw out the case against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultancy founded by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, last month.

In a new ruling she also ordered Mr Trump to pay Orbis's costs "of the entire claim".

The order, obtained by the PA news agency on Thursday, also said Mr Trump has made no attempt to bring an appeal.

Orbis estimated its costs @$600K; the judge has ordered trump to pay $300K up front while a specialist works out the total costs.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...31&cvid=8ead0c5bd91e422fdc7730fd455d6aa0&ei=7


money, money, money, must be funny, in a rich man's world.....