{"id":5366,"date":"2023-10-17T13:51:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=5366"},"modified":"2023-10-17T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:51:39","slug":"trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former President Donald Trump suing the ex-spy responsible for the now-discredited Steele Dossier that detailed intel on potential links between Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/4258189-trump-sues-steele-dossier\/\">The Hill<\/a> reports that Trump\u2019s lawyers filed suit in Britain against Orbis Business Intelligence, the company founded by\u00a0Christopher Steele,\u00a0a former MI6 agent who published a 35-page dossier including uncorroborated claims that Trump\u2019s campaign and Russian agents conspired to influence the 2016 U.S. election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hugh Tomlinson, a lawyer for Trump who appeared before a judge at London\u2019s High Court on Monday, alleged the company violated British data protection laws and has \u201csuffered personal and reputational damage and distress\u201d as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former president has repeatedly claimed the dossier was \u201cfake news\u201d and a political witch hunt following the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steele, who led the Russia desk for MI6 \u2014 formally known as the Secret Intelligence Service \u2014 is looking to have the lawsuit dismissed during two days of hearings at London\u2019s High Court, per AP reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steele\u2019s dossier has since been largely discredited and determined\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3012127-clinton-campaign-democratic-party-to-settle-campaign-finance-inquiry-for-113k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to be funded<\/a>\u00a0by Democrats during the 2016 presidential election.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the dossier itself was not the basis for the FBI\u2019s probe into Trump\u2019s alleged ties to Russia, the report was heavily involved with the investigation led by former special counsel\u00a0Robert Mueller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump suing the ex-spy responsible for the now-discredited Steele Dossier that detailed intel on potential links between Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign and Russia. The Hill reports that Trump\u2019s lawyers filed suit in Britain against Orbis Business Intelligence, the company founded by\u00a0Christopher Steele,\u00a0a former MI6 agent who published a 35-page dossier including uncorroborated claims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[104,859,8,150,858],"class_list":["post-5366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2016-presidential-election","tag-christopher-steele","tag-donald-trump","tag-russia","tag-steele-dossier"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former President Donald Trump suing the ex-spy responsible for the now-discredited Steele Dossier that detailed intel on potential links between Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign and Russia. The Hill reports that Trump\u2019s lawyers filed suit in Britain against Orbis Business Intelligence, the company founded by\u00a0Christopher Steele,\u00a0a former MI6 agent who published a 35-page dossier including uncorroborated claims [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-17T17:51:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-17T17:51:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"799\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Madeleine Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Madeleine Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Madeleine Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7309ff06a09187d683d78b9529a62b2\"},\"headline\":\"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-17T17:51:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-17T17:51:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2016 Presidential Election\",\"Christopher Steele\",\"Donald Trump\",\"Russia\",\"Steele Dossier\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier - Great America News Desk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-17T17:51:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-17T17:51:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg\",\"width\":799,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"Donald Trump via Gage Skidmore Flickr\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/\",\"name\":\"Great America News Desk\",\"description\":\"Your Source for Great America&#039;s News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Great America News Desk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GAND-Email.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GAND-Email.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"Great America News Desk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7309ff06a09187d683d78b9529a62b2\",\"name\":\"Madeleine Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb743ca3c0d5dee4d94e8a5a7742d76f842c0bcdbe5f6f26ea19261f1c8a9df0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb743ca3c0d5dee4d94e8a5a7742d76f842c0bcdbe5f6f26ea19261f1c8a9df0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Madeleine Jackson\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/author\/njackson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier - Great America News Desk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier - Great America News Desk","og_description":"Former President Donald Trump suing the ex-spy responsible for the now-discredited Steele Dossier that detailed intel on potential links between Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign and Russia. The Hill reports that Trump\u2019s lawyers filed suit in Britain against Orbis Business Intelligence, the company founded by\u00a0Christopher Steele,\u00a0a former MI6 agent who published a 35-page dossier including uncorroborated claims [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/","og_site_name":"Great America News Desk","article_published_time":"2023-10-17T17:51:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-17T17:51:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":799,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Madeleine Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Madeleine Jackson","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/"},"author":{"name":"Madeleine Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7309ff06a09187d683d78b9529a62b2"},"headline":"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier","datePublished":"2023-10-17T17:51:37+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-17T17:51:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/"},"wordCount":225,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg","keywords":["2016 Presidential Election","Christopher Steele","Donald Trump","Russia","Steele Dossier"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/","name":"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier - Great America News Desk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-17T17:51:37+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-17T17:51:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg","width":799,"height":533,"caption":"Donald Trump via Gage Skidmore Flickr"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/trump-sues-ex-spy-over-debunked-dossier\/njackson\/2023\/10\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump Sues Ex-spy Over Debunked Dossier"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/","name":"Great America News Desk","description":"Your Source for Great America&#039;s News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization","name":"Great America News Desk","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GAND-Email.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GAND-Email.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"Great America News Desk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7309ff06a09187d683d78b9529a62b2","name":"Madeleine Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb743ca3c0d5dee4d94e8a5a7742d76f842c0bcdbe5f6f26ea19261f1c8a9df0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb743ca3c0d5dee4d94e8a5a7742d76f842c0bcdbe5f6f26ea19261f1c8a9df0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Madeleine Jackson"},"url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/author\/njackson\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51336032744_8de5d3c8d7_c.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}