Alvin Bragg’s ‘unrealistic’ timeline in Luigi Mangione case sets up showdown with Trump DOJ

A lawyer for the accused assassin Luigi Mangione called the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's projected proceedings day "unrealistic" arsenic the erstwhile Ivy Leaguer's ineligible squad prepares for a parallel proceedings successful national court.

"This is the archetypal clip that the defence is proceeding astir this request," Karen Friedman Agnifilo said successful a connection Wednesday evening, aft tribunal filings revealed Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's bureau had requested a commencement day of July 1.

"The national authorities already has a steadfast proceedings day acceptable successful September," she said. "As a applicable matter, Mr. Mangione's defence squad volition necessitate the remainder of the twelvemonth to hole for that trial. We volition respond to the tribunal astir this unrealistic petition successful the coming days."

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Luigi Mangione, charged with the execution of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, appears successful State Supreme Court successful Manhattan during an grounds suppression proceeding successful his lawsuit connected Friday, December 12, 2025. (Curtis Means for Daily Mail via Pool)

U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett tentatively acceptable national assemblage enactment for Sept. 8, with the proceedings to commencement either successful the autumn oregon winter, depending connected however she rules connected a defence question to disregard the 2 astir superior charges.

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If the defence succeeds successful dismissing the astir superior charge, execution done usage of a firearm, the imaginable decease punishment would beryllium removed, and the proceedings would statesman earlier.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson pictured successful an undated representation provided by UnitedHealth. The enforcement was changeable from down and killed connected his mode to an capitalist league successful New York City successful what prosecutors person described arsenic a politically motivated assassination. (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group via AP)

Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Joel Seidemann called the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson a "cold-blooded execution" successful a missive to New York Judge Gregory Carro Wednesday.

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Seidemann wrote that it was the NYPD that led the investigation, that Mangione was archetypal indicted by a authorities justice and that national prosecutors did not go progressive until aft the fishy had been arrested.

He said the authorities has an involvement successful taking Mangione to proceedings earlier the feds do.

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A subordinate of the NYPD Crime Scene Unit takes a representation of a ammunition casing recovered astatine the country wherever UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was changeable and killed successful Manhattan, successful New York City, U.S., December 4, 2024. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)

"In sum, the authorities has an overriding involvement successful trying this suspect for the cold-blooded execution of Brian Thompson connected December 4, 2024," helium wrote. "It resulted successful the tragic decease of a impermanent to our metropolis connected our streets. Federal instrumentality supports our petition that we proceed first, and our close to a speedy solution of this lawsuit would beryllium severely compromised should the national proceedings proceed first."

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which is handling Mangione's national case, did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected the July 1 request. 

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Mangione faces a stiffer imaginable condemnation astatine the national level if convicted. In New York, Judge Carro already gave Bragg's bureau a stroke erstwhile helium dismissed coercion charges that would person carried a maximum condemnation of beingness without parole.

Luigi Mangione is confronted by Altoona, Pennsylvania constabulary successful a McDonald’s soon earlier his apprehension for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Altoona Police Department)

If Mangione were convicted of second-degree execution successful New York, parole would beryllium connected the table.

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He besides faces lesser charges successful Pennsylvania, wherever constabulary arrested him days aft Thompson's execution successful New York City.

Thompson, a 50-year-old begetter of two, lived successful Minnesota and came to the Big Apple for a concern league with Wall Street investors. Surveillance video shows a hooded gunman attack him from down extracurricular the big edifice and sprout him aggregate times successful the back.

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Federally, Mangione faces charges including interstate stalking and execution done usage of a firearm.

He has pleaded not guilty.

Fox News' Maria Paronich contributed to this report.