>> reporter: absolutely. we've learned from our sources that hackers actually got into e-mails and obtained documents from gop operatives, from organizations. they on contained rnc documents from a third party vender. however, most of those documents were not leaked, like you had on the democratic side, from the clinton chairman, john podesta, and from the dnc. that was one reason why officials thought that russia might be trying to help donald trump. and also, they found that russia was bankrolling, essentially, people connected to the russian government were bankrolling these trolling operations that spread fake news about hillary clinton and not donald trump. and also, investigators have uncovered a digital footprint in these hacks the, for people connected to the russian government. but anderson, it's important to point out, even if russia did try to help donald trump, we may never know, as one official told me today, whether or not russia influenced the outcome of the election. >> pam, thanks. from alleged spying to what critics are saying spinning about spying, michael smerconish had sean spicer on the program.