The "golden showers" Trump referred to stemmed from a rumor that Trump had entertained prostitutes and witnessed a sexual act while in a Moscow Ritz-Carlton hotel room in That detail was one of many that emerged on Thursday night, after pages of partially redacted memos that Comey wrote last year were released.
The as yet unverified rumor is mentioned in the Steele dossier, a collection of memos compiled by the former British spy, Christopher Steele. Comey qualified his account and said that Trump "did not say where Putin had told him this During the conversation, Trump fretted over the notion that his wife, Melania, would be upset by the notion that he could have spent time with prostitutes in Moscow, and reiterated his claim that "he hadn't stayed overnight in Russia," to which Priebus tried to interject by asking "why it was even in there," Comey wrote.
Some of the allegations mentioned in the Steele dossier have not been publicly verified. The document is one of several pieces of information being considered in the Russia investigation that spans several US congressional committees and law-enforcement agencies.
Search icon A magnifying glass. It indicates, "Click to perform a search". Close icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. David Choi. According to Comey, Trump said that 'the hookers thing' is nonsense, and that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that "'we have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world.
