Steele Dossier Lawsuit, Trump Ordered to Pay $820K After Failed Data Protection Claims and What It Means for Political Defamation Cases
As of February 2026, President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay over $820,000 in legal fees to Orbis Business Intelligence following his unsuccessful lawsuit against former British spy Christopher Steele over the controversial 2016 dossier. Trump filed the data protection lawsuit in October 2022, claiming Orbis violated British data protection laws by compiling allegations…
