Luigi Mangione prosecutors directed to seek death penalty in federal CEO murder case

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Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered national prosecutors to question the decease punishment successful the lawsuit against Luigi Mangione, who is accused of sidesplitting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Bondi said connected Tuesday that Thompson's execution was "a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America."

"After cautious consideration, I person directed national prosecutors to question the decease punishment successful this lawsuit arsenic we transportation retired President Trump’s docket to halt convulsive transgression and Make America Safe Again," she said.

Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky volition question the decease punishment successful the case.

LUIGI MANGIONE’S JOURNAL NOT ‘MANIFESTO’ ABOUT HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY GRIEVANCES, ATTORNEY ARGUES

Luigi Mangione appears successful Manhattan Criminal Court for a presumption proceeding successful New York City connected Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Magnione is accused of sidesplitting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson extracurricular of a Manhattan edifice past year. (Curtis Means/Pool)

Mangione, a 2020 postgraduate from the University of Pennsylvania, is accused of shooting Thompson to decease extracurricular a Manhattan edifice connected December 4, 2024.

He faces galore authorities and national charges, including execution successful the archetypal grade "in furtherance of an enactment of terrorism." He has pleaded not blameworthy to authorities charges but has not yet entered a plea for national charges.

Brian Thompson successful a bluish fastener down garment and bluish zip-up smiles for the camera

The CEO of UnitedHealthcare's genitor institution mourned the sidesplitting of Brian Thompson and implored radical to spot that manufacture executives are trying their champion with a flawed system. (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group)

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Thompson, a 50-year-old hubby and begetter of two, was astatine the New York City edifice for an capitalist league erstwhile helium was gunned down from down connected the sidewalk.

Luigi Mangione, the fishy successful the execution of United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson shouts arsenic helium is led into court

Luigi Mangione shouts portion officers restrain him arsenic helium arrives for his extradition proceeding astatine Blair County Courthouse successful Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania connected Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (David Dee Delgado for Fox News Digital)

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Mangione's attorneys.

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