The former US president's case against a company founded by an ex-MI6 officer was thrown out.

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

She found that Mr Trump’s compensation claim was “bound to fail”.

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.

Mr Steele, who previously ran the Secret Intelligence Service’s Russia desk, was the author of the so-called Steele dossier.

This included uncorroborated intelligence claims, denied by Mr Trump, that the former US president had been “compromised” by the Russian security service, the FSB.

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    148·
    4 months ago

    This guy seems like a loser. Sure you want to run him, GOP?

    Guess the fascism is more important to them.

    • azimir@lemmy.ml
      16·
      4 months ago

      Not necessarily the fascism directly, but definitely the racism. The fascism is often a side effect of forcing a minority rule state behind a strongman so the followers can force their racist views to be accepted by the majority. It doesn’t help that now have generational education deficits from decades of conservative undermining of the school systems that’s manifesting itself in undereducated people being crushed by a capitalist system designed to extract maximal wealth from the public and those people being frustrated while their propaganda channels tell them it’s all my the fault of minorities and liberals.

      It’s a real shitty stew we’ve brewed here. The confluence of ill education, crushing economics, and propaganda pointing us to fight each other for crumbs is really making our country into a sticky wicket.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      8·
      4 months ago

      I’m convinced more and more that the people who support him are jealous and wish to be him. They vote for him specifically because they wish they could act like he does. In reality, I think it means that many are actually terrible and selfish people.

  • finkrat@lemmy.world
    103·
    4 months ago

    Trump sues someone, loses, wasted time and pays fine

    Trump gets charged, loses, pays fine/legal penalties

    Trump talks out of his ass, gets sued, loses court battle, pays the lawsuit

    This is entertaining, more please, I want to see his life erode into a neverending cycle of paying out the people he’s harmed and getting his time wasted with court cases until he finally dies

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      27·
      4 months ago

      Ultimately seeing his empire collapse while he’s still alive is the best punishment he can ever receive. It hits his narcissism and insecurity directly and in a way he can’t cover over.

    • spider@lemmy.nz
      7·
      4 months ago

      Trump sues someone, loses, wasted time and pays fine

      Trump gets charged, loses, pays fine/legal penalties

      Trump talks out of his ass, gets sued, loses court battle, pays the lawsuit

      “very stable genius”

    • jaschen@lemm.ee
      6·
      4 months ago

      Trump supporter: this is the man I want to run the most powerful democracy in the world.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    58·
    4 months ago

    “We’re going to win so much, you’re going to get tired of winning.” – Donald J. Trump

      • CileTheSane
        7·
        4 months ago

        They are winning! This is just the Deep State!

        I don’t know how the “Deep State” beating Trump doesn’t mean he’s losing, but here we are…

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    40·
    4 months ago

    Just the fines he’s got to pay should be enough to disqualify him as it’s a huge corruption risk in itself (can’t remember the exact term).

  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
    33·
    4 months ago

    Maybe we can get a Broadway musical out of Trump’s failed lawsuits.

    “Stormy And The Spy” sounds cute.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    4 months ago

    “Told” to pay money?

    He hasn’t done what anyone else has told him to do since his father died.

  • NateNate60@lemmy.world
    19·
    4 months ago

    The High Court [of Justice in England] was told last year that Mr Trump was bringing a data protection claim over two memos in the dossier which claimed he had taken part in “sex parties” in St Petersburg and engaged in “golden showers” with prostitutes in Moscow.

    Mrs Justice Steyn said Orbis has estimated its costs to be more than £600,000.

    She said £300,000 should be paid by Mr Trump before the total costs are decided by a specialist judge.

    • CileTheSane
      9·
      4 months ago

      At this point I don’t know why Trump would care. He has been proven to have done much worse. Let Putin release the pee-tape, the Trumpets won’t care or will call it fake.

      • El Barto@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 months ago

        Plus who cares, really… in terms of sexual preferences, you like what you like. If you’re not harming anyone, have a ball (heh.)

        I’m sure Putin has way worse. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s something like “here’s some money. No, don’t pay me back. I own you now and you can’t get out. It would be a shame if you received some nerve gas agent in a package.”