Christopher Steele To Pay Damages To Russian Bankers Over Dossier Lies

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British Judge Orders Christopher Steele To Pay Damages To Russian Bankers Over Dossier Lies
A British judge ruled Wednesday that Christopher Steele violated a data privacy law by failing to check the accuracy of information in his infamous dossier, ordering the former spy’s firm to pay damages to two businessmen he wrongly accused of making illicit payments in Russia.
Justice Mark Warby of the High Court of England and Wales ordered Steele’s firm, Orbis Business Intelligence, to pay a modest 18,000 English pounds – about $22,596 in American currency – each to Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman as compensation for a violation of Britain’s Data Protection Act 1998 .

Warby ruled that while Steele had a national security interest to share his intelligence with U.S. and British authorities, several of the allegations in Memo 112 of the Steele dossier were “inaccurate or misleading as a matter of fact.”


The judge ruled Steele violated the law by failing to aggressively check the accuracy of one claim accusing Aven and Fridman of making illicit payments to Russia President Vladimir Putin before distributing it to various U.S. and British figures, including the FBI.

“That is an allegation of serial criminal wrongdoing, over a prolonged period. Even in the limited and specific context of reporting intelligence for the purposes I have mentioned, and despite all the other factors I have listed, the steps taken to verify that proposition fell short of what would have been reasonable,” Warby ruled.
“The allegation clearly called for closer attention, a more enquiring approach, and more energetic checking,” the judge added.

The ruling involves a long-discredited claim in Steele’s dossier – repeatedly used by U.S. news media – that Russia’s Alfa Bank, connected to Aven and Fridman, was transmitting secret messages between Moscow and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.

Fridman hailed the ruling in a statement.

“We are delighted with the outcome of this case and that Mr Justice Warby has determined what we have always known to be the case – that the contents of Russian Dossier are inaccurate and misleading," he said. "Ever since these odious allegations were first made public in January 2017, my partners and I have been resolute and unwavering in our determination to prove that they are untrue, and through this case, we have finally succeeded in doing so.”

 

[ollie989898]

LOL, what a crock, 18K. Is that what constitutes a legal claim in the USA these days?

Some of the Steele dossier has been corroborated. I know you don't like the Steele dossier but that doesn't mean it is all false or inaccurate.

How do you like Mary Trump's book? Turns out a small loan was actually 450 million dollars?

 

[bluegreen]

You said all the dossier was true despite it having been totally discredited, and lets face it if there had been anything in it to take Trump down they would have done it, in a heartbeat.

Anyways we can look forward to the imminent release of the Durham investigation and finally, FINALLY a bit of balance after 3 1/2 years of one sided Deep State motivated machinations.

 

[ollie989898]

You said all the dossier was true despite it having been totally discredited, and lets face it if there had been anything in it to take Trump down they would have done it, in a heartbeat.

Anyways we can look forward to the imminent release of the Durham investigation and finally, FINALLY a bit of balance after 3 1/2 years of one sided Deep State motivated machinations.

Please show me where I told you, emphatically, that all of the Steele dossier was true? That is a completely false statement mate, best you retract it. As I have said throughout, SOME of the dossier has been corroborated. It is typical of the intelligence world for some reports to be accurate and others less so.

I would also point out that who financed the collection of data or who paid Steele or any intermediary for his efforts is immaterial. As I said way way back, it is commonplace for Presidential election campaigns to research the opposition for dirt on their opponents.

IDK why you are so bent out of shape about the Steele dossier anyway, even if the golden shower incident was true: it's not illegal.

What makes me laugh is how immediately defensive your boy and his crew are about virtually everything. Papped his pants over the Mueller investigation, why not just comply with the investigation and get it over with? Did you see Lewandowski sat in front of Congress? A campaign manager for heavens' sake, looked to have the IQ of a fence post.

 

[br jones]

And so the Russians attempted to help Scotland to indepence,

 

[ollie989898]

And so the Russians attempted to help Scotland to indepence,

Russians will interfere with anything they can that might weaken or damage their opponents. I'm not surprised. They probably tried their hand in Brexit, they probably try in Eu and other elections, too.

The UK harbours many Russian defectors and anti-Putin players. They don't like it.

 

[Muck Spreader]

Russians will interfere with anything they can that might weaken or damage their opponents. I'm not surprised. They probably tried their hand in Brexit, they probably try in Eu and other elections, too.

The UK harbours many Russian defectors and anti-Putin players. They don't like it.

The Russian influence has been allover the "Yellow vest" protests in Paris from the start. Funny watching a piece from some Russian tv 18 months ago where they interviewed a French paysanne protester who just happened to speak Russian.