Luigi Mangione, 26, has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson — CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer — outside a midtown Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4.
Mangione pleaded not guilty to weapons charges in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, after he was nabbed a day earlier while eating at a McDonald’s in an Altoona, Pa., following a five-day manhunt.
The Ivy League grad from a wealthy and “beloved” Maryland family is fighting extradition to New York, where he faces the murder charge, among others.
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Luigi Mangione to plead not guilty to NY murder charge: lawyer
Luigi Mangione is expected to plead not guilty to murder charges in New York, his defense attorney, Tom Dickey, said.
“I’m telling you as his lawyer, he didn’t have any … representation until I got involved this afternoon," Dickey — who is based in Altoona, Pa., where Mangione was arrested Monday — said Tuesday.
"And I’m telling you he’s pleading not guilty,” the lawyer said.
The alleged assassin has already pleaded not guilty to forgery and weapons charges in Pennsylvania.
Mangione was charged Monday night in New York with second-degree murder for killing UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, but is contesting his extradition.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office has 30 days to submit a warrant to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro seeking to bring back Mangione back to the Empire State.
Hochul’s office confirmed Tuesday it was working on the request.
Referenced lefty filmmaker Michael Moore, NY Times reporter
Luigi Mangione appeared to reference lefty documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and former New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal in his manifesto as examples of people who have “illuminated the corruption and greed” of the health care industry.
While railing against the immense power and “abuse” by American health care companies that inspired him to allegedly kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Mangione admitted he does “not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument.”
https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/us-news/luigi-mangione-in-custody-12-11-2024/
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