- President Donald Trump called in to his favorite TV show, "Fox & Friends," on Thursday morning.
- He responded to news that his choice for secretary of Veterans Affairs was withdrawing his nomination after mounting misconduct allegations emerged.
- Trump went on a lengthy rant about the Russia investigation, his alleged affair with Stormy Daniels, and his 2016 election win over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Trump told the show's hosts that he did stay overnight in Russia in 2013. Flight records show Trump flew to Moscow in 2013, when the country hosted the Miss Universe pageant.
Trump's stay at the Ritz-Carlton hotel was one of several events mentioned in the dossier, an explosive collection of memos authored by former British spy Christopher Steele, which alleged collusion between Trump and Russia.
According to the dossier, Trump rented the presidential suite at the hotel and hired prostitutes to perform sexual acts in front of him that involved urination. The hotel is said to be monitored by Russian intelligence, and the dossier alleged that Russian authorities obtained footage of the events, which they then used as leverage over Trump.
Former FBI Director James Comey, who Trump fired last May, wrote in contemporaneous memos that Trump told him he didn't stay overnight.