In an off-camera briefing at the White House on Monday, Press Secretary Sean Spicer apparently claimed that President Trump believes other countries, in addition to Russia, might have been involved in hacking the 2016 election: Spicer on if Russia hacked election: "He believes that Russia probably was involved and potentially other countries." pic.twitter.com/MysOoQwP6q — Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) June 26, 2017 Trump has long disputed the evidence that the Kremlin was involved in trying to swing the election, claiming during the campaign that "it could be Russia, but it could also be China, it could also be lots of other people.