Trump Sues Former UK Spy For “Reputational Damage”

The Washington Post reports:

Donald Trump’s legal battles crossed the Atlantic on Monday with the start of a hearing against a former MI6 officer’s intelligence consultancy, which Trump says caused him “personal and reputational damage and distress.”

The 45th president is bringing a claim against Christopher Steele, a former British spy, and his consultancy, Orbis Business Intelligence, for alleged data protection breaches following the leak of an explosive dossier containing allegations that Russia had compromising material on Trump.

Steele was the author of what’s known as the Steele dossier, which made extravagant allegations about contacts between Trump’s 2016 election campaign and Russian officials and said that Trump engaged in “perverted sexual acts,” which were monitored by Russian security services.

Read the full article. How in the world can Trump’s reputation be “damaged” at this point?

Donald Trump says he’d suffered “personal and reputational damage and distress” from the publication of the notorious dossier that alleged ties between the Kremlin and his successful run to the White House https://t.co/shg4ZgEYGx

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