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Former special counsel Robert Mueller is appearing in two separate hearings before the U.S. House Judiciary and Intelligence committees. The proceedings are scheduled to start Wednesday at 4:30 a.m. and conclude at approximately 10 a.m. Alaska time.

However, Alaska elections officials had said in September that operatives did not compromise the election system. Alaska has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for any information related to the new news report.

Russian hackers attempted to penetrate Washington and Oregon’s voter registration systems last year. Top elections officials in both states received that confirmation Friday from the Department of Homeland Security.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has appointed Robert Mueller to oversee the growing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties to Trump associates.

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Comey said it was still the right decision to alert Congress about revisiting an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.

The 2016 election was divisive and nasty and full of insults and innuendo. But let’s look at the brighter side — here are 10 lighter moments from 2016 that weren’t so bad. Some are actually funny.

As diplomats await news of their new boss, all eyes are on Rudy Giuliani, a longtime Trump friend with little foreign policy experience. Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton is also in the running.

The Russian leader congratulates Donald Trump and holds out the prospect of cooperation. But with friction on several fronts, it’s not clear how they will reduce tensions.

The Canvass Review Board will meet to certify the results next Tuesday, Oct. 11.

They run the gamut from the JFK assassination to Vince Foster’s death to, of course, Barack Obama’s birth certificate.