US Prosecutor General Pom Bondi said she ordered a federal prosecutor to seek the death penalty against Luigi MangionA man accused of withdrawing the UNITEDhealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the New York Hotel on December 4.
The 26 -year -old mangion faces individual federal and state charges for killing the business community and enclosed medical insurance critics. Federal allegations include murder through the use of firearms that carries the death penalty. State charges are maximized for life in prison.
Prosecutors said two cases would be Continue parallel tracksState charges are expected to go to court first. It was not immediately clear whether Bondi’s death penalty would change as the cases were being considered.
“The murder of Luigi Mangion Brian Tompsan-Virgin Man and the father of two young children was a deliberate, cold attempt shocked by America,” Bondi said in a statement. “After careful consideration, I ordered the federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case when we carry out the President Trump’s agenda to stop the violent crime and again do America safe.”
A message seeking a comment was left by the press -secretary of the Mangion lawyers.
Mangion did not find himself guilty of the state charges and did not ask for federal charges.
President Donald Trump, who at the end of the first term managed the unprecedented execution of the shootings, signed the executive order on his first day ago, forcing the Ministry of Justice to seek the death penalty in federal cases where it is applicable.
His predecessor Joe Biden issued a moratorium on federal shootings.
The 50 -year -old Thompson was ambushed and shot dead on the sidewalk when he was going to an investor conference at Midtown Manhatta.
Mangion was arrested on December 9 during a breakfast in McDonald’s in Alusa, Pennsylvania.
Police said he carries a gun This corresponded to the one used in the shooting and fake certificate. He also transported a notebook that expressed hostility to the health insurance industry, and the authorities said.
Unitedhealthcare is the largest health insurer in the US, although the company said Mangione is never a client.
According to the prosecutor’s office, there was one of August 2024, which stated that “the goal is insurance” because “it checks each box” and one of October, which describes the intention of “disrupting” the CEO of the insurance company.
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