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Sky News can reveal Trump has failed to comply with the costs order with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who compiled the infamous document.

Trump was ordered to pay costs in February after the High Court threw out his attempt to sue Mr Steele's company Orbis Business Intelligence.

The former president claimed the report, which included unsubstantiated allegations of bribery and that he used sex workers while on a trip to Moscow, contained inaccuracies and breached his rights under the Data Protection Act.

The judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, did not make any judgment on the allegations but ruled the claim was invalid because it was filed after the six-year limitation period. Trump was subsequently also denied leave to appeal.

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[–] RagingSnarkasm 192 points 6 months ago (3 children)

You mean Convicted Felon Donald Trump?

[–] [email protected] 99 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You mean Convicted Felon Rapist Donald Trump?

[–] 0110010001100010 72 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget twice impeached!

[–] Wogi 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The twice impeached felon and rapist with tiny hands

[–] JeeBaiChow 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not his only appendage that has been called tiny.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

Ahhh yes, the 34 counts convicted felon rapist Donald Von ShitzInPantz Trump?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Convicted felon and "Home Alone 2" guest star Donald Trump

[–] PunnyName 49 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

He owned the Plaza for a short period of time, and he required a cameo in order for the filming to take place in the hotel (they wanted something that looked like opulence to a child). He's been an egomaniac for as long as he's been "relevant".

Also, I fucking hate seeing his stupid face. And I hope there's a time where he not only loses relevance, but his face isn't shown ever again.

[–] essell 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He'll be dead soon.

I hope the secret service investigate me for this comment.

[–] Fedizen 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

"my plan is to let him die of old age"

[–] PunnyName 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Quickly and quietly with no known cause of death.

[–] JeeBaiChow 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Fell out of a window

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Honestly I am going to take the day off just to celebrate the day he strokes out or whatever. He is an absolutely irredeemable psychopathic shitrag of a human being, and the world will be measurably better off without him.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

Native New Yorker. The Trump Plaza fiasco was well covered by the local press. The greatest dealmaker in the world massively overextended himself and had to take a [iirc] $90 million bath.

https://www.newsweek.com/does-donald-trump-still-own-plaza-hotel-new-york-1520124

[–] ThePantser 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Little Rascals guest star too

[–] SpaceNoodle 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know he was that old

[–] AbidanYre 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Don't you mean twice impeached, convicted felon (34 counts), banned from guns pedophile and rapist former president trump?

[–] Branch_Ranch 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You mean civilly liable sexual abuser and fraud Donald Trump? That one?

[–] p5yk0t1km1r4ge 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, that one!

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Add it to the pile, the likelihood Trump is ever going to pay this, is just about nil, he'll pay some lawyer to tie this up in litigation for years, he's about to come into Billions from the sale of his Truth social stock, I hate this timeline

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Truth isn't worth shit. I have no idea how anyone decided it was worth investing billions, but there is no fucking way there isn't some egregious fraud going on there. I would imagine tracing the investors back reveals a number of low-capital morons investing their retirements and a bunch of foreign nationals buying influence.

Still not worth billions because Trump isn't worth it if he doesn't win. If he loses the election, I think that stock is going to tank the next day down to about zero as all the big investors pull out.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago

At least two of the early members have already been indicted for insider trading, and I think it was the brokerage company for Truth also had some fraud charges against it. But that evaluation is 100% bull for a company running in the red the whole time and no plan on actually breaking even let alone making a profit. All serious investors have said it's basically a scam for suckers (his base that he despises).

[–] Fedizen 9 points 6 months ago

truth social will likely be another fraud lawsuit

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wish there was some way the UK could ask for the US to extredite him and he rotted in a UK jail.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We couldn’t even get the US woman back that ran over a kid or young person a few years ago. Fuck the USA. Fuck my home the UK too whilst we’re at it.

[–] jimmy90 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

yeah that was horrible but there was diplomatic immunity involved

[–] P1nkman 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Her husband had diplomatic immunity, his wife did not. She was told by someone (i think it was the US embassy or something, I'm not bothered to Google it) to just take the next flight to the US, which she did, and suffered ZERO consequences for killing someone!

[–] jimmy90 1 points 6 months ago

oh really? i must be misinterpreting this then

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/81

Article 37

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

For her husband.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And the hits keep on coming.

As they should for this fraudster.

[–] Etterra 2 points 6 months ago

I can't believe anyone thought Trump would pay a lawyer, especially a foreign court.

[–] MehBlah 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good luck getting the money without seizing some of his assets. No way dolt 45-34 is going to pay voluntarily. Criminals never do.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He has a golf course in Scotland. Sell that.

[–] Puttaneska 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good idea, but apparently not possible: According to Sky News “Mr Steele says he has no means of recouping his costs from UK assets owned by Trump, because the golf courses that bear his name in Scotland are held in trust structures.”

Apple News link

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago
[–] AFKBRBChocolate 9 points 6 months ago

About $382K for those wondering.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Donald Trump is in breach of a British High Court order to pay £300,000 in legal costs to the former spy who compiled a salacious dossier alleging Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

Trump was ordered to pay costs in February after the High Court threw out his attempt to sue Mr Steele's company Orbis Business Intelligence.

The former president claimed the report, which included unsubstantiated allegations of bribery and that he used sex workers while on a trip to Moscow, contained inaccuracies and breached his rights under the Data Protection Act.

Mr Steele, a former head of MI6's Russia desk, was commissioned to produce the document by Trump's political opponents including Hillary Clinton's Democratic Party.

Mr Steele says he has no means of recouping his costs from UK assets owned by Trump, because the golf courses that bear his name in Scotland are held in trust structures.

"The High Court in London has found that there was not even an attempt by Christopher Steele, or his group, to justify or try to prove, which they absolutely cannot, their false and defamatory allegations in the fake 'dossier," he added.


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[–] Sam_Bass 5 points 6 months ago

Roight! Naiol 'Im!

[–] Hobbes_Dent 2 points 6 months ago