UK court dismisses Donald Trump's lawsuit regarding 'Steele dossier'

London’s High Court dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against a British private investigation company on Thursday due to a dossier that claimed there were connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Leading Republican candidate for president in 2024, Donald Trump, filed a data protection lawsuit against Orbis Business Intelligence due to allegations made in a dossier authored by the company’s co-founder, former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.

The former US president’s case was dismissed by Judge Karen Steyn, who stated in a written decision that “there are no compelling reasons to allow the claim to proceed”.

Trump said in a witness statement made public in October that he brought the case to prove claims in the so-called Steele dossier, published by the BuzzFeed website in 2017, that he engaged in “perverted sexual acts” in Russia, are false.

Many of the allegations were never substantiated and lawyers for Trump, 77, said that the report is “egregiously inaccurate” and contained “numerous false, phoney or made-up allegations”.

Steyn noted that Trump said the allegations are untrue, adding: “I have not considered, or made any determination, as to the accuracy or inaccuracy of the (allegations).”

Orbis argued that Trump brought the claim simply to address his “longstanding grievances” against the company and Steele.

Steyn said in her ruling that she did not need to decide that because Trump has “no reasonable grounds for bringing a claim for compensation or damages”.

The London lawsuit is one of many legal cases involving Trump, who faces four separate criminal prosecutions in the United States.

(With inputs from Reuters)