Former US President Donald Trump has to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal fees in connection with a failed civil lawsuit in London. Trump had sued Orbis Business Intelligence, a consulting firm founded by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.

The background was a dossier about Trump that was made public in 2016. The so-called Steele dossier cites, among other things, reports that the Russian secret service has footage of Trump's alleged participation in sex orgies in Russia. Trump has always denied attending sex parties in Russia and sued the consulting firm.