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Officer in raid that killed Breonna Taylor should get 1 day in prison, DOJ says
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Wired: FBI's Epstein video was doctored
Video released by the Justice Department shows the outside of Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell hours before he was found dead. New reporting by Wired says the video had nearly three minutes cut out. Wired investigative data reporter Dhruv Mehrotra joins CBS News with more.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi tours Alcatraz
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