With former British spy who claimed Russia possessed compromising material on U.S. President
Glen Owens and Dan Hodges
Sept 7, 2025
Donald Trump‘s State visit to the UK later this month is set to reignite his extraordinary legal battle with the former British spy who claimed that Russia possessed compromising sexual material on the US President.
Christopher Steele, the ex-MI6 agent behind the incendiary dossier, was awarded more than £600,000 in costs against Mr Trump after the President’s unsuccessful attempt to sue him over what he insisted were ‘shocking and scandalous’ false claims.
The costs, which were awarded to Mr Steele’s company, Orbis Business Intelligence, at a High Court hearing in April, have yet to be paid and are rising daily.
They will have increased by a further £2,000 by the time Mr Trump touches down in London.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are hosting the President and his wife, Melania, at Windsor Castle between September 17 and 19, with a State banquet as the glittering centrepiece.
The Commons will be in recess at the time, neatly avoiding the controversy which would likely have been sparked by Mr Trump addressing Parliament.
The dossier, produced for Mr Trump’s defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, became one of the most controversial aspects of the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election which led to a probe by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Hugh Tomlinson KC argued at the hearing that Mr Trump ‘suffered personal and reputational damage and distress’ over claims in the dossier that he had taken part in sex parties in St Petersburg and had consorted with sex workers in Moscow.
Ex-MI6 agent Christopher Steele was awarded more than £600,000 in costs against Donald Trump after the President’s unsuccessful attempt to sue him over ‘shocking and scandalous’ false claims.
Mr Tomlinson insisted the claims about the personal conduct of President Trump were false, as were allegations that he had paid bribes to Russian officials to further his business interests.
Orbis Business Intelligence succeeded in having the lawsuit thrown out after arguing that the report had never been meant to be made public and was published by the media without permission.
Mr Trump brought up the subject of Mr Steele during a press conference during an informal visit to the UK in July.
Orbis Business Intelligence declined to comment.
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Comment from :
MingBaakMei, London.
Please remember the ‘dumb son’ Eric said, in 2014 to James Dodson, “…Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia…” So how much did the Trump Organisation borrow and how much are they in debt, even today, to Putin’s Russia?
BoardGiverGrin, Slough, United Kingdom.
Obviously a Maga would believe the sky is green if trump said so. Its a well known fact that trump went cap in hand to russians in the 90s as his businesss would have gone bankrupt. And they have stuff on him. Why do you think when he threatens russia and putin he never does anything?
And the view from maga :
TexasThomas, Mansfield, United States
Christopher Steele deserves nothing for his scandalous unsubstantiated dossier and Hillary Clinton should have been imprisoned for hiring a foreign intelligence agent to sway an American election. Trump should have him arrested.
“Christopher Steele, the ex-MI6 agent behind the incendiary dossier, was awarded more than £600,000 in costs against Mr Trump after the President’s unsuccessful attempt to sue him over what he insisted were ‘shocking and scandalous’ false claims.”
This was the first I had heard of this.
It will be interesting to see what happens next.