At the July 2018 summit meeting in Helsinki , Putin was asked if he had wanted Trump to win the 2016 election . He responded " Yes , I did . Yes , I did . Because he talked about bringing the U.S.-Russia relationship back to normal . " The Mueller Report confirmed that the dossier was correct that the Kremlin was behind the appearance of the DNC e-mails on WikiLeaks , noting that the Trump campaign " showed interest in WikiLeaks 's releases of documents and welcomed their potential to damage candidate Clinton . " Regarding the " golden showers " allegation , Michael Isikoff and David Corn have stated that Steele 's " faith in the sensational sex claim would fade over time ... . As for the likelihood of the claim that prostitutes had urinated in Trump 's presence , Steele would say to colleagues , ' It 's 50 – 50 ' . " According to Comey , Trump told him on two occasions that it could not have happened because he did not stay overnight in Moscow at the time of the Miss Universe contest . That claim was soon disproven . According to flight records , Trump was in Moscow for 37 hours . He arrived by private jet in Moscow at around 3 p.m. on Friday , November 8 , and spent that night in Moscow . Thomas Roberts , the host of the Miss Universe contest , confirmed that " Trump was in Moscow for one full night and at least part of another . ( November 8 – 10 ) . According to flight records , Keith Schiller 's testimony , social media posts , and Trump 's close friend , Aras Agalarov , Trump arrived by private jet on Friday , November 8 , going to the Ritz-Carlton hotel and booking into the presidential suite , where the " golden showers " incident is alleged to have occurred
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