--- title: Nikki Haley: Russia 'Certainly' Involved in 2016 Election description: "There's no question about that,” Haley told ABC News' Martha Raddatz in an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." canonical: https://time.com/4722229/nikki-haley-thinks-russia-involved-in-election/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-02T16:32:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:09:43.271Z article:section: Politics og:title: U.N. 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Ambassador Nikki Haley during an event for Women's History Month in the East Room at the White House March 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Apr 2, 2017 4:32 PM UTC [Nikki Haley,](http://time.com/4581308/donald-trump-nikki-haley-united-nations/) President Trump’s [Ambassador to the United Nations](http://time.com/4696218/donald-trump-john-huntsman-russia-ambassador/), said unequivocally Sunday that she believes [Russia](http://time.com/4722089/russian-yevgeny-yevtushenko-dead/) was “involved” in the 2016 election. “Certainly, I think Russia was involved in the election. There’s no question about that,” Haley told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in an interview on [_This Week_](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-17-ambassador-nikki-haley-ash-carter/story?id=46512194).” And I think when they finish with all of this process, yes, they need to address Russia. They need to act.” “We don’t want any country involved in our elections ever,” she added. Haley did note however, that this topic had not come up during her work at the United Nations. The FBI has confirmed it is investigating if Russia interfered in the United States elections. Ranking members of both the House and Senate intelligence committees, which are conducting their own investigations, said no conclusions have been drawn yet. President Trump has dismissed all talks of collusion between his campaign and Russia as a “witch hunt.” Haley also confirmed she is not soft on Russia when it comes to diplomacy and international affairs. “There’s no love or anything going on with Russia right now,” Haley said. “They get that we’re getting our strength back, we’re getting our voice back and we’re starting to lead again.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4722229/nikki-haley-thinks-russia-involved-in-election/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4722229/nikki-haley-thinks-russia-involved-in-election/"},"headline":"U.N. 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