Donald Trump loses London case against ex-MI6 spy over Kremlin dossier

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The Democratic National Committee and the campaign of Hillary Clinton hired Fusion GPS after Trump was headed for the nomination.
43% : "Steele, who Trump once called a "lowlife," was retained by a Washington-based research firm in June 2016 to examine Trump's links to Russia.
37% : Orbis said the dossier was never intended to be made public and Trump couldn't hold the firm responsible for the Buzzfeed publication itself.
35% : Trump, who already faces several criminal trials in the U.S., said previously in legal filings that he was prepared to come to London to testify in the case.
34% : Lawyers for Steele's firm argued the claim had no reasonable prospect of success and that Trump was merely pursuing a "vendetta."
26% : Trump has a history of "harassing perceived enemies and others against whom he bears a grudge," Orbis' lawyers said.Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven previously successfully sued Steele in a data-protection suit but a libel claim brought by another wealthy Russian individual failed.
23% : Judge Karen Steyn dismissed the lawsuit Thursday, saying Trump had no prospect of obtaining compensation for any distress he may have suffered.
16% : LONDON -- Donald Trump lost his London lawsuit against an ex-British spy after a court dismissed his claim linked to the notorious dossier about alleged ties between the Kremlin and the former U.S. president's successful run to the White House.

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