The mainstream media posed this story adding on to the hysteria of the Trump/Russian Collusion story. TGP initially called out the CIA for falling for this “fable” back in 2017. These claims have yet to be substantiated by any evidence.
- Jan 11, 2017 FAKE NEWS and CIA Fell for Incredible “Golden Shower” Fable about Trump
We Said
- January 12, 2017 Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him ( "Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump.")
They Said
- January 7, 2019 Revisiting the Trump-Russia dossier: What’s right, wrong and still unclear? ("The most sensational claim in the dossier memos is that Trump was involved with prostitutes while he stayed at The Ritz-Carlton in Moscow during his trip there for the 2013 Miss Universe pageant — and that the Russians had this blackmail, or kompromat, on Trump. Nothing has come to light to corroborate that allegation, and Trump has denied that it happened. “Does anyone really believe that story?” Trump said in January 2017. “I’m also very much of a germaphobe.”")