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Security Of State Election Systems The Focus Of Dueling Capitol Hill Hearings

Jeh Johnson, Homeland Security secretary during the 2016 election, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee while the Senate Intelligence Committee hears from cybersecurity experts.
Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson is testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

Updated at 11:00 a.m. ET

Wednesday is shaping up to be a busy, consequential day in the ongoing multiple Capitol Hill investigations into Russian meddling in last year's presidential election.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is testifying before the House Intelligence Committee as part of that panel's Russia probe.

Johnson told lawmakers that there was no evidence that votes were altered as the result of Russian efforts to breach state election systems.

"Based on everything I know, that is correct," Johnson told

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