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Ex-police chief charged in newspaper raid
A former Kansas police chief tied to a 2023 raid on a local newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice. According to a complaint filed Monday, Gideon Cody is accused of persuading a witness to withhold information from authorities during and after the raid. Sherman Smith, editor-in-chief of the Kansas Reflector, joins CBS News to discuss.