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Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump ordered to pay legal fees in ‘Steele dossier' lawsuit
A judge in the United Kingdom has ordered President Trump to pay more than $820,000 in legal fees to the company representing former British spy Christopher Steele after he unsuccessfully sued over a dossier. In 2022, Trump filed a claim against Orbis Business Intelligence, a firm founded by Steele, a former MI6 agent who published a 35-page dossier that featured claims about Trump ahead of the 2016 election. Trump argued the company violated British data protection laws and that he suffered a personal and reputational damage because of the claims. However, in 2024, London Judge Karen Steyn tossed out the case because 'there are no compelling reasons' to allow the case to go to trial. The dossier claimed Trump had been 'compromised' by Russia's security service and said the now-president took part in 'sex parties' in Saint Petersburg, The Associated Press reported. Steyn has now ordered Trump to pay the costs for Orbis's lawyers, which the president said has been set 'outrageously high.' Trump failed to pay the first installment, and a hearing was set to decide for him to pay the full bill. Judge Jason Rowley said Trump now must pay more than $820,000 with interest accruing daily at 12 percent, the AP reported. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
03-04-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Trump ordered to pay legal fees in ‘Steele Dossier' lawsuit
A judge in the United Kingdom has ordered President Trump to pay more than $820,000 in legal fees to the company representing former British spy Christopher Steele after he unsuccessfully sued over a dossier. In 2022, Trump filed a claim against Orbis Business Intelligence, a firm founded by Steele, a former MI6 agent who published a 35-page dossier that featured claims about Trump ahead of the 2016 election. Trump argued the company violated British data protection laws and that he suffered a personal and reputational damage because of the claims. However, in 2024, London judge Karen Steyn in London tossed out the case because 'there are no compelling reasons' to allow the case to go to trial. The dossier claimed Trump had been 'compromised' by Russia's security service and said the now-president took part in 'sex parties' in St. Petersburg, the Associated Press reported. Steyn has now ordered Trump to pay the costs for Orbis's lawyers, which the president said has been set 'outrageously high.' Trump failed to pay the first installment, and a hearing was set to decide for him to pay the full bill. Judge Jason Rowley said Trump now much pay more than $820,000 with interest accruing daily at 12 percent, the AP reported.
Los Angeles Times
03-04-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Trump ordered to pay legal bill of UK firm he sued over Russia dossier
LONDON — A British judge on Thursday ordered U.S. President Trump to pay more than 625,000 pounds ($820,000) in legal costs to a company he unsuccessfully sued over a dossier alleging he took part in sex acts in Russia. Trump filed a claim in 2022 against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consulting firm founded by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. Steele was paid by Democrats to compile a 2016 dossier that contained rumors and uncorroborated allegations that caused a political storm just before Trump's first inauguration. It said that Trump had been 'compromised' by Russia's security service, and included two memos that claimed Trump had taken part in 'sex parties' in St. Petersburg and consorted with sex workers in Moscow. Trump denies all the allegations. His lawyers said the 'shocking and scandalous claims' were false and harmed his reputation. He sued the company, saying the dossier was phony and Orbis had violated British data protection laws. In a written witness statement, Trump said the allegations were 'wholly untrue.' Trump said he had not engaged in 'perverted sexual behavior including the hiring of prostitutes ... in the presidential suite of a hotel in Moscow,' taken part in 'sex parties' in St. Petersburg, bribed Russian officials, or provided them with 'sufficient material to blackmail me.' Judge Karen Steyn threw out the case in February 2024, without ruling on the truth of the allegations. She said the claim was 'bound to fail,' in part because Trump had waited several years to bring the action. Steyn ordered Trump to pay Orbis' costs, which lawyers for the president alleged had been set 'absolutely outrageously high.' After Trump failed to pay the first installment of 290,000 pounds, a hearing was held earlier this year without him to decide the full bill. Judge Jason Rowley said Thursday that the president must pay 626,058.98 pounds, with interest accruing daily at 12%.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Yahoo
Western Iowa pharmacy cited for numerous violations
The Food Land store in Woodbine, Iowa, before a fire that occurred in August 2024. (Photo via Google Earth) A western Iowa store where a pharmacist was cited last year for incorrectly filling prescriptions for patients is now facing multiple charges from the Iowa Board of Pharmacy. In 2024, the board alleged that pharmacist Christopher Steele of Underwood incorrectly filled prescriptions for at least four patients in 2023. The board did not publicly disclose where Steele was working when the drugs were dispensed, the nature of the alleged errors, the types of drugs that were dispensed, or the effect the alleged errors had on the patients. Steele told the Iowa Capital Dispatch the errors occurred at the pharmacy within the Food Land store in Woodbine where he worked. Earlier this month, the board charged Food Land Pharmacy with 10 separate regulatory violations — an exceptionally large number of violations for a pharmacy of that size. The charges include failing to follow board rules related to recordkeeping, failing to follow board rules related to temporary pharmacy staff, failing to follow proper procedures related to controlled-substance registrations, failing to follow proper procedures for a change in the pharmacist in charge, failing to follow board rules related to accountability of controlled substances, failing to follow rules related to system security and safeguards, and failing to comply with the required drug utilization review process for a patient. The nature and timing of the alleged actions that serve as the basis for those charges has not been publicly disclosed by the board. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for May 21, 2025. Last August, a major fire at Woodbine's Food Land store forced the business to close. Company officials demolished what remained of the building and construction has begun on a new store that is expected to open later this year.
