Overview
- Luigi Mangione’s attorney said he does not support violent actions or political violence and called efforts to tie him to recent attacks irresponsible, dangerous, and prejudicial.
- Mangione has pleaded not guilty in state and federal cases after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in Midtown Manhattan in December 2024.
- A federal judge in January dismissed federal murder and weapons counts, leaving stalking charges in place, and prosecutors in February declined to appeal, which removed a federal death-penalty path though life in prison remains possible.
- News outlets differ on the New York state trial date, with reports of either June 8 or September 8, while the federal case is set for October.
- Investigators in a separate case say a suspect who targeted OpenAI’s Sam Altman referenced Mangione in messages, and the White House last September labeled Mangione in a release on “Radical Left Violence,” which his lawyers denounced as a political narrative.