U.S. Indicts Luigi Mangione in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

A federal grand jury has returned a four-count indictment in opposition to Luigi Mangione, the person accused within the Dec. 4 killing of a well being care government in Manhattan, the federal government mentioned on Thursday.

Mr. Mangione was initially charged after his arrest in a federal grievance, however the indictment and Legal professional Common Pam Bondi’s April 1 announcement that prosecutors will search the dying penalty recommend the Trump Justice Division is transferring extra aggressively towards a trial.

“The president’s directive was very clear: We’re to hunt the dying penalty when potential,” Ms. Bondi mentioned on Fox Information Sunday on April 6.

The indictment, returned in U.S. District Courtroom, means a federal grand jury has discovered possible trigger to cost Mr. Mangione, a comparatively low threshold of proof however one that’s required underneath the Fifth Modification for a felony prosecution to proceed. Together with the indictment comes the task of a decide, who will rule on motions and disputes and supervise any trial and dying penalty continuing.

The indictment levies no extra prices in opposition to Mr. Mangione, 26, who the authorities say carried out the brazen killing of the manager, Brian Thompson, 50, as Mr. Thompson walked to an early morning convention at a midtown Manhattan lodge. Mr. Mangione was arrested 5 days later at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., and was returned to New York to face prices. He’s anticipated to be arraigned on the federal indictment quickly.

For some, Mr. Mangione’s case has develop into a magnet for anger on the nation’s privatized well being care system; his most up-to-date look within the Manhattan prison courthouse attracted a whole bunch of supporters, some lining the hallways and others protesting exterior.