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Luigi Mangione discussed health care while in jail, according to a corrections officer with whom he interacted

The officer testified at Mangione's pre-trial hearing that the defendant said he "wanted to make a statement," though he did not clarify what that meant

Mangione is facing state and federal murder charges connected to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and has pleaded not guilty

Luigi Mangione allegedly had a conversation with a corrections officer about wanting to "make a statement," according to testimony.

Thomas Rivers, a corrections officer at a facility in Huntingdon, Pa., where Mangione was held following his arrest last December, said he and the shooting suspect discussed health care while the latter was behind bars at his facility.

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