Luigi Mangione due in court on state murder, terrorism charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination
New York– Luigi Mangione is Will be held in New York court on Monday UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson faces state charges after he was murdered outside a Manhattan hotel earlier this month.
State prosecutors charged Mangione with Found with murder weaponsurveillance video shows a man matching his description Before and after the attackincluding except Hilton Where Thompson was shot in the back.
Mangione was imprisoned in Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center after him Appeared in federal court last week.
A key difference between state charges and federal charges is that the state believes The shooting was an act of terrorism. In addition, the federal charges raise the possibility of the death penalty.
Luigi Mangione faces state and federal charges
The 26-year-old man was surrounded by heavily armed guards. Extradited to New York from Pennsylvania last Thursday. He later appeared in federal court on stalking and murder charges.
His attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, called the federal charges “highly unusual” in a statement and said they raised “serious constitutional and statutory double jeopardy issues.”
Federal Complaint Disclosure Mangione was found with a notebook Contains handwritten pages “expressing hostility toward the health insurance industry, particularly wealthy executives.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said his office is cooperating with the federal government and that although the cases occur at the same time, the trials must be held at different times. Acting U.S. Attorney Edward King said he expected the state case to proceed first.
