Sean Spicer: Trump Believes Russia Was “Probably” Behind Hacking, But It Could Be Other Countries Too

The Hill reports:

President Trump believes Russia “probably” was behind the election-related hacking last year but thinks other nations were possibly involved as well, his top spokesman said Monday.

“The statement he made in January is consistent with what he said the other day, which is that he believes that Russia probably was involved, potentially some other countries as well could have been equally involved,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters at an off-camera briefing.

When a reporter pointed out that Trump himself had encouraged the Russians to hack Clinton’s private email server, Spicer said that the remark was a joke. “He was joking at the time,” he said.