UK court orders Trump to pay legal fees of company he sued over controversial Russia dossier

London judge has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay six figures in legal fees to a company he sued over a controversial dossier that made unverified and salacious allegations about him, according to court documents released Thursday.

While Orbis Business Intelligence said that its total costs from the lawsuit were £636,356.66 (around $816,000), the company had asked for Trump to be ordered to repay £444,000 (around $569,000) of that. Trump’s legal team argued that these costs were too high considering that the case had been dismissed at an early stage before any defense had been filed.

The central allegations were initially given a veneer of credibility because Steele had a solid reputation but a series of US government investigations and lawsuits over the years have discredited many of the claims and exposed the unreliability of Steele’s sources.