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MSNBC's continuing live coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. CNN is reporting that the White House diarist, who's in charge of compiling presidential records, recently testified that before the January 6 Committee and said that the Trump White House started sharing less information about his activities in the days directly preceding the riot. Today, there was a story saying that Ginni Thomas, the wife of Clarence Thomas, the associate justice of the Supreme Court, was involved in the hiring and firing decisions during Trump's time in office.