Luigi Mangione's federal trial stays on track as judge rejects defense push for delay

The justice overseeing accused Ivy League assassin Luigi Mangione's national lawsuit shrugged disconnected his defence team's propulsion to person the proceedings delayed, saying she doesn't privation to beryllium "held hostage" by the docket of a authorities tribunal justice handling different lawsuit against him.

U.S. Marshals escorted Mangione into the courtroom astatine 11:24 a.m. He wore a tan jailhouse jumpsuit with his sleeves rolled up, limb shackles and nary handcuffs.

The justice entered a infinitesimal later.

Karen Friedman Agnifilo, 1 of Mangione's pb defence lawyers, asked for respective months of other time, saying Mangione's ineligible squad needed to hole for the national lawsuit aft his authorities trial.

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Luigi Mangione attends an evidentiary proceeding successful the execution lawsuit of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, astatine the Manhattan Supreme Court successful New York, U.S., December 18, 2025.  (Shannon Stapleton/Pool via Reuters)

"I don't deliberation what we're asking for is unreasonable," she said.

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Assistant U.S. Attorney Dominic Gentile argued that the defense’s logistical concerns could beryllium addressed by changing the assemblage questionnaire schedule, which was acceptable for a superior case. Mangione nary longer faces the imaginable decease penalty.

He added that some cases are expected to trust connected the aforesaid facts and witnesses.

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)

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Judge Margaret Garnett said she was much acrophobic astir the assemblage enactment process alternatively than proceedings prep — telling the parties she doesn't envision a peculiarly analyzable proceeding.

She said her relation is to guarantee Mangione gets a just proceedings successful her courtroom, and she said immoderate happens successful the authorities lawsuit is not her concern.

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Mangione faces galore charges astatine the authorities and national level successful transportation with the December 2024 assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old begetter of 2 from Minnesota who was successful New York City for a enactment league erstwhile a gunman snuck up down him and opened fire.

Members of the New York constabulary transgression country portion analyse bullets lying connected the sidewalk astatine the country extracurricular the Hilton Hotel successful midtown Manhattan wherever Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, successful New York. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP)

The authorities trial, scheduled to instrumentality spot earlier his national trial, is expected to garner monolithic nationalist attraction and marque assemblage enactment much difficult, she explained.

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"I'm a small troubled," she said.

After a astir 30-minute hearing, she projected keeping adjacent to the docket enactment distant successful February, with assemblage enactment successful the autumn and opening statements connected Oct. 26 oregon Nov. 2.

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UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying fishy Luigi Mangione pictured astatine a McDonald's successful Altoona, Pennsylvania, connected Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (Pennsylvania State Police)

The national proceeding came conscionable nether a period aft a New York justice told Mangione's defence to beryllium acceptable for the authorities proceedings connected June 8. Judge Gregory Carro had floated the thought of delaying it lone if the national proceedings was delayed first.

Bailiffs escorted Mangione retired of that proceeding aft an unexpected outburst successful which helium claimed to beryllium the unfortunate of treble jeopardy.

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"It’s the aforesaid proceedings twice," helium said. "One positive 1 is two. Double jeopardy by immoderate communal sense."

Both courts person dismissed the astir terrible counts, but Mangione inactive faces beingness successful situation if convicted. He besides faces lesser charges successful Pennsylvania, wherever constabulary arrested him successful a McDonald's restaurant, successful transportation with the case.