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(25 Apr 2025)
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New York – 25 April 2025
1. Sketch of Luigi Mangione smiling with his attorneys Marc Agnifilo, left, and Avi Moskowitz, right

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New York – 25 April 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press:
“Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to a federal murder charge in connection with the killing last December of the United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty in this case, and the judge warned the Justice Department not to make any public comment that could taint his ability to receive a fair trial. Now, this case has played out in the public eye since Thompson’s killing last December. It was a five day manhunt. Mangione was arrested and then paraded off of a helicopter and to jail in front of public officials and police officers.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS – MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
New York – 25 April 2025
3. Sketch of Luigi Mangione standing as he pleads not guilty, flanked by his attorneys Karen Agnifilo and Avi Moskowitz

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New York – 25 April 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press:
“Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case, the first time that she has done that since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January. In her statement, Pam Bondi declared the killing a cold blooded, premeditated assassination and an act of political violence. Mangione’s attorneys argued that those comments were prejudicial, that they tainted the process that led to his indictment, and that future comments could ruin his ability to get a fair trial. The judge, Margaret Garnett, responding to those complaints in court at the arraignment, told prosecutors to convey all the way up the chain, all the way to Justice Department headquarters, that officials are not to make any comments that could spoil this case.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS – MUST CREDIT ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
New York – 25 April 2025
5. Sketch of Luigi Mangione being escorted out of the courtroom in leg shackles by U.S. Marshals
STORYLINE:
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty and the judge warned the Justice Department to stop making public comments that could spoil the case.

Mangione, 26, stood with his lawyers as he entered the plea, leaning forward toward a microphone on the defense table as U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett asked him if understood the indictment, which charges him with stalking and shooting Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel last December.

Mangione said, “yes.” Asked how he wished to plead, he said simply, “not guilty” and sat down.

A cause célèbre for people upset with the health insurance industry, Mangione’s arraignment attracted several dozen people to the Manhattan federal courthouse, including former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who served prison time for stealing classified diplomatic cables.

Mangione, held in a federal jail in Brooklyn since his arrest, arrived to court in a mustard-colored jail suit and chatted with one of his lawyers, death penalty counsel Avi Moskowitz, as they waited for the arraignment to begin.

Late Thursday night, federal prosecutors filed a required notice of their intent to seek the death penalty.

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