Donald Trump never paid $380,000 a British court said he owed over the 'golden showers' dossier, former spy says

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Business Insider

Jun 12, 2024, 1:01 PM EDT


Donald Trump has failed to comply with a British High Court order to pay $380,000 in legal fees and has also ignored an offer to settle with a former British spy who compiled a document that claimed Russia had interfered in the 2016 US election, Sky News reported.

Christopher Steele, a former MI6 agent, produced a report commissioned by the Democratic National Convention and the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign that made a series of mostly unsubstantiated allegations.

The most salacious claim in the dossier alleged that prostitutes visited Trump in the presidential suite at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow, and they performed an act of urination in front of him, a practice known as '"golden showers." Trump has dismissed the claims as a "pile of garbage," saying that the Steele dossier contained numerous inaccuracies and breached his rights under the Data Protection Act.

The former president sued Steele's company, Orbis Business Intelligence, in the UK earlier this year, but the case was dismissed because it was filed after the six-year limitation period. Trump was ordered to pay £300,000 ($380,000) in legal fees, said Steele in a tweet, on Friday.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-fails-comply-uk-court-order-pay-380k-legal-fees-2024-6

[Ocelot II]

1. Of course he didn't. Does anyone expect him ever to pay money he owes?

[republianmushroom]

2. Stiffed by the convicted felon, surprise, no.

[Harker]

3. I understand he has a golf course in Scotland. n/t

[Ocelot II]

4. I don't think a judgment in an English court can be satisfied by a lien on property in Scotland

since it's a separate country and court system even though it's part of the UK. They'll probably never get their money.

[Irish_Dem]

5. There is probably a way to do it, but the UK doesn't want to piss off a man who may be POTUS again.

[Harker]

9. Ah...

It was a pleasant thought, if not a realistic one.

[quakerboy]

12. For what its worth

A google search indicates that debts in England can be enforceable in Scotland once they are "formally registered" in Scotland.

[Ocelot II]

13. Excellent.

It would be cool if Christopher Steele ended up owning Turnberry. Won't happen but it's fun to consider.

[Harker]

22. I'd like to see the people whose lives he abused there get justice...

involving the ugliest of the ugly Americans.

My wife and I hope to travel in Scotland in a year or two.

[Harker]

23. Some measure of unity in the kingdom... Thanks! n/t

[Martin68]

6. The Deadbeat abides.

[bahboo]

7. so...what are they gonna do about it....

nothing, like everyone else....

[Captain Zero]

8. Trump has an UNPAID BILL ? 380K? I'm Shocked!

When he was talking disinformation about NATO he said, "well, you gotta pay your bills."

[riversedge]

10. You'd think Trumps lawyers would know about the 6 year limitation period. !!

That is what one hires lawyers for--to know things such as this.



..........The former president sued Steele's company, Orbis Business Intelligence, in the UK earlier this year, but the case was dismissed because it was filed after the six-year limitation period. Trump was ordered to pay £300,000 ($380,000) in legal fees, said Steele in a tweet, on Friday.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

11. Time for a lien on some of his properties

I betcha he'll pay then. If he doesn't arrest him the next time he visits the UK

[keopeli]

19. The convicted felon isn't allowed to enter the UK. LOL!

[Think. Again.]

27. And he'll probably use that as an excuse not to pay...

...or claim he can't pay it because he's under a gag order.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Seize his Scotland golf course. As a felon he can't visit it because he is barred from the UK. . . . nt

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Does he ever pay his bills? What about the numerous cities he still owes after having held campaign events there??

[sop]

26. Wonder what Trump's Experian credit score is?

Apparently, billionaires don't need credit scores, that's only for the hoi polloi.

[czarjak]

16. "Everything in The Meuller Report is true."

wait
Said Cory Lewendowski under oath too!

[SunSeeker]

17. Pay up you deadbeat!

[BoRaGard]

18. What a republican he is

total grifting slimeball: total republican

[Farmer-Rick]

20. He's never going to pay

The civil judgments he owes in the US either. He's a deadbeat when it comes to paying his bills.

Just ask the 74 banks he swindled out of millions.

[lark]

21. Let me simply this - Donald Trump NEVER pays. Period.

He is a cheat, a liar, a grifter, evil, willfully ignorant, vainglorious, ugly person inside and out who never cared for anyone in his entire life except himself and whoever is fluffing him at the moment.

[truthisfreedom]

24. Take his golf courses.

[FakeNoose]

25. When Chump finally croaks, the creditors will be standing in line to finally get paid

... there will be nothing left for the kiddies after final liquidation and all the debts are paid off. Junior and Eric will both be out of jobs, not sure if Ivanka is employable either, once Daddy is gone.

Just sayin'

[louis-t]

28. I still say the denial is a distraction.

The hookers didn't pee on him. Either he peed on them or they peed on each other while he watched. Saying "I'm a germaphobe so I would never let anyone pee on me" is a distraction.

[underpants]

29. He's more of a racist than he is a germaphobe

[Kid Berwyn]

30. Weird how Press blames DEMs when it was GOP who first hired Fusion GPS.

AP report: Website with GOP ties funded research on Trump dossier

PBS NewsHour
Politics Oct 28, 2017

NEW YORK — A conservative website with strong ties to the Republican establishment triggered the investigation into Donald Trump’s past that ultimately produced the dossier that alleged a compromised relationship between the president and the Kremlin.

The Washington Free Beacon on Friday confirmed it originally retained the political research firm Fusion GPS to scour then-candidate Trump’s background for negative information, a common practice known as “opposition research” in politics. Leaders from the Free Beacon, which is funded largely by Republican billionaire Paul Singer, insisted none of the early material it collected appeared in the dossier released later in the year detailing explosive allegations, many uncorroborated, about Trump compiled by a former British spy.

“During the 2016 election cycle we retained Fusion GPS to provide research on multiple candidates in the Republican presidential primary, just as we retained other firms to assist in our research into Hillary Clinton,” wrote the site’s editor-in-chief, Matthew Continetti, and chairman Michael Goldfarb. They continued: “The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele.”

Earlier in the week, reports revealed that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee continued funding Fusion’s work after the original GOP source lost interest.

CONTINUED...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/website-with-gop-ties-funded-research-on-trump-dossier

But, hey! We got a narrative to follow and the script says the Steele Dossier was a Democrat's idea.