By Dominic Casciani

Home and legal correspondent

Donald Trump is attempting to sue in the British courts over the now infamous "Steele Dossier" that alleged he bribed officials and took part in sex parties in Russia.

The former president's lawyers told the High Court he is seeking "vindication" for the false allegations from 2017.

They claim the document breaches UK data protection laws.

Mr Steele's company, Orbis Business Intelligence, says it did not make the document public.

In 2016, a US political consultancy asked Mr Steele's company to produce a report into potential Russian interference in that year's US general election.

The project was reportedly paid for by Hilary Clinton's Democrats and other political opponents of Mr Trump.

Mr Steele, the former head of MI6's Russia desk, later sent his findings to the FBI, a British national security officer and an aide to a senior US senator.

The dossier, later obtained and published by Buzzfeed news, details uncorroborated intelligence claims that Mr Trump had a "compromising relationship with the Kremlin".

On Monday the High Court was told in written submissions that the dossier detailed untrue allegations that Mr Trump had "engaged in perverted sexual behaviour" including "the hiring of prostitutes... in the presidential suite of a hotel in Moscow."

Hugh Tomlinson KC, for the 77-year-old former president, said the dossier also falsely claimed he had "paid bribes to Russian officials to further his business interests" and...

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