Trump’s Steele dossier lawsuit tossed out of UK court

A U.K. judge on Thursday tossed former U.S. President Donald Trump's lawsuit over the Steele dossier, which he argued made "shocking and scandalous" false claims that hurt his reputation. 

"There are no compelling reasons to allow the claim to proceed to trial," Judge Karen Steyn wrote in her dismissal of the case filed by Trump against Orbis Business Intelligence, which was founded by Christopher Steele, who is known for the namesake 2016 dossier. 

Attorney Hugh Tomlinson said the dossier published by Buzzfeed "contained shocking and scandalous claims about the personal conduct of President Trump" and caused the former president to suffer "personal and reputational damage and distress," per The Associated Press.

Trump denied all claims in the dossier.

Orbis asked the lawsuit to be dismissed because the dossier was never meant to be published. 

The judge agreed and said that 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 2017. 

Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung noted that the London court determined that neither Steele nor his group attempted to prove the claims presented in the dossier.

"The High Court also found that there was processing, utilization, of those false statements. President Trump will continue to fight for the truth and against falsehoods such as ones promulgated by Steele and his cohorts," Cheung also said, per Politico. 

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