Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said Russia was "wildly successful" in sowing "mistrust" in the U.S. election process through its meddling in the 2016 presidential race.

"Their purpose was to sow discontent and mistrust in our elections; they wanted us to be at each others' throat when it was over," Rogers said Tuesday at a panel at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, according to Reuters.

He said Russian meddling is now “influencing, I would say, [the] legislative process today. That’s wildly successful.”

Rogers spoke alongside former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who is scheduled to testify before Congress about Russia’s meddling next week.

Clapper suggested Russia would likely attempt to influence other countries' elections.

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"This is the most assertive, most aggressive and most directly impactful of any engagement that they have had in our elections," Clapper said. "They have to regard what they did as a huge success. They've been doing it in France, and they'll do it in Germany.”

Clapper added that although he is certain the Russian interference planted doubts in future election processes, it is less clear whether "Russian influence actually had any impact on the results of the election,” the Harvard Crimson reported.

Rogers insisted that the larger effect would be on voting behavior.

“I think we all should understand that people are going to try to do that to you the next time you walk into the voting booth," Rogers said, according to the student newspaper.

“Both political parties are fighting about whose side [the Russians] were on. I think we should take away that ... this was a very public display about trying to influence average Americans going about their day.”