Luigi Mangione, who faces federal murder charges after the December shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Friday.
Mangione appeared in Manhattan federal court in a prison jumpsuit and shackled at the wrists and ankles, entering not guilty pleas to charges of murder, two counts of stalking, and a firearms offense.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the DOJ intends to pursue the death penalty in the case, causing Mangione&#8217;s attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, to request that the court prioritize starting his federal trial before his state cases in New York and Pennsylvania, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/us/luigi-mangione-federal-charges/index.html">reported</a>.
According to authorities, Mangione “<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-pamela-bondi-directs-prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-luigi-mangione">murdered</a>” Thompson, a father of two young children, in a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination” as an act of “political violence.”
Thompson was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan on December 4, leading to a five-day manhunt that ended with Mangione&#8217;s arrest in Pennsylvania, more than 270 miles from the shooting scene.
At the time of his arrest, Mangione possessed “fake ID used by the suspect, the gun they believe was used in the shooting and a handwritten ‘claim of responsibility,’ authorities have said,” according to CNN.
Mangione&#8217;s targeting of Thompson appears meticulously planned, according to the DOJ, and three 9mm shell casings recovered from the crime scene had the words &#8220;delay,&#8221; &#8220;deny,&#8221; and &#8220;depose&#8221; written on them, an apparent reference to a 2010 book criticizing insurance industry tactics, according to the NYPD.
The case has sparked considerable public attention, with supporters of Mangione gathering outside the courthouse Friday, some wearing green, referencing Nintendo&#8217;s &#8220;Luigi&#8221; character, and holding banners with messages like &#8220;Luigi Before Fascists&#8221; and &#8220;Stop the Violence: End the Death Penalty Now.&#8221;
Chelsea Manning, the former Army soldier convicted of violating the Espionage Act after leaking documents to WikiLeaks, has appeared at multiple hearings in support of Mangione.
Many people, according to CNN, seem to be channeling their frustration with the health care system through Mangione, with some going as far as calling him a vigilante.
A legal defense fund in Mangione&#8217;s name has raised more than $950,000 from supporters.
Mainstream politicians have condemned Mangione&#8217;s alleged actions. &#8220;In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint,&#8221; Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said the day Mangione was arrested, adding, &#8220;He is no hero.&#8221;
Judge Margaret Garnett scheduled Mangione&#8217;s next federal hearing for December 5, when a trial date will be set. She indicated she expects the trial to begin in 2026.

Insurance CEO Murder Suspect Luigi Mangione Is Extradicted To New York

Luigi Mangione Pleads Not Guilty As DOJ Seeks Death Penalty

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On Thursday, Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on December 4, was <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/us/luigi-mangione-indicted-federal-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicted</a> in federal court on a charge of murder, which could permit him to be executed.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said earlier this month that the Department of Justice would seek the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-directs-federal-prosecutors-to-seek-death-penalty-for-luigi-mangione" target="_blank" rel="noopener">death penalty</a> for Mangione.
“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,” she <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-pamela-bondi-directs-prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-luigi-mangione" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>. “After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”
“As alleged, Luigi Mangione stalked and murdered UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024,” the DOJ declared. “The murder was an act of political violence. Mangione’s actions involved substantial planning and premeditation and because the murder took place in public with bystanders nearby, may have posed grave risk of death to additional persons.&#8221;
&#8220;Following federal murder charges handed down on Dec. 19, 2024, Attorney General Bondi has now directed Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky to seek the death penalty in this case,&#8221; the DOJ added.
The homemade gun that Mangione carried when he was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, matched shell casings found at the crime scene, according to authorities. In addition, investigators said that Mangione’s fingerprints matched the ones investigators found on items near the scene.
“First, we got the gun in question back from Pennsylvania. It’s now at the NYPD crime lab,” NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-wednesday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We were able to match that gun to the three shell casings that we found in Midtown at the scene of the homicide. We’re also at the crime lab able to match the person of interest’s fingerprints with fingerprints that we found on both the water bottle and the KIND bar near the scene of the homicide in midtown.”
When he was captured, Mangione had in his possession a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/nyregion/luigi-mangione-assassination-plan-notebook.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notebook</a> that described Thompson’s assassination, which occurred as Thompson, a father of two sons, was en route to the UnitedHealth Group&#8217;s Investors Conference. One passage in the notebook mentioned taking out “the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention.”
“It’s targeted, precise, and doesn’t risk innocents,” Mangione allegedly wrote in the notebook, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/us/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-wednesday/index.html">reported</a>. Police also recovered a manifesto where Mangione allegedly called out “United,” adding, “To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone.”
The charges indicting Mangione include one count of murder with a firearm, another firearms offense, and two counts of stalking. The charge of murder through the use of a firearm has a maximum sentence of death if Mangione is convicted. The state of Pennsylvania, where Mangione was arrested, has also brought charges against Mangione. He was caught at a McDonald&#8217;s in Altoona after police spent nearly a week searching for him.
Mangione was celebrated by some; the audience at a Saturday Night Live show, roughly two weeks after Thompson’s death, cheered when his name was mentioned.
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SNL Weekend Update mentions CEO kiIIer Luigi Mangione and the crowd applauds &amp; cheers <a href="https://t.co/Hn6k2kTBp2">pic.twitter.com/Hn6k2kTBp2</a>
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In the week after Thompson’s murder, “wanted” posters were <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wanted-posters-threats-mangione-arrest-unitedhealthcare-rcna183867" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plastered</a> in Manhattan showing photos of the CEOs of at least two health insurance companies.

Luigi Mangione Indicted On Federal Charge Of Murder, Making Him Eligible For Death Penalty

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Former Washington Post and New York Times tech reporter Taylor Lorenz repeatedly refused to offer outright condemnation of vigilante violence like that allegedly perpetrated by Luigi Mangione against the late UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Lorenz, who faced backlash for her initial reaction to the broad-daylight execution of the insurance executive, joined Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday — and every time he pressed her on the issue, she tried to qualify Thompson&#8217;s murder by suggesting that insurance company policies provoked violence.
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🔥 Sean Hannity vs Taylor Lorenz! <a href="https://t.co/QhDtF5TJeG">pic.twitter.com/QhDtF5TJeG</a>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-lorenzs-horrible-take-on-suspected-murderer-luigi-mangione-just-got-ten-times-worse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lorenz</a> sparked outrage when, during an interview with CNN&#8217;s Donie O&#8217;Sullivan, she laughed off the idea that people were becoming &#8220;fans&#8221; of the alleged murderer, saying that he was seen as a &#8220;revolutionary, who&#8217;s famous, who’s handsome, who’s young, who’s smart. He’s a person who seems like he’s this morally good man, which is hard to find.&#8221;
She tried to explain her assessment in greater detail to Hannity.
&#8220;What I&#8217;m describing, and if you watch the full segment, not just the clip, you&#8217;ll see that I&#8217;m just describing the mentality of these fangirls [who] show up outside Luigi&#8217;s court and show up outside his jail cell. Those girls are not me, OK? We have very separate belief systems. But I was describing how they believe,&#8221; she said.
But when Hannity pressed her, several times, to either condemn Mangione&#8217;s alleged actions or others&#8217; calls for assassinations, Lorenz deflected — and at one point, she joked, &#8220;Gosh, you&#8217;re gonna ask if I condemn Hamas next. This is insane!&#8221;
Hannity repeated his prompt several times, but Lorenz continued to pivot, complaining, &#8220;You want to talk about the assassination of innocent people? I believe that the tens of thousands of Americans [who] die each year because of the lack of health insurance. That is, to me, a violence in itself. That is assassination.&#8221;
Hannity tried once more, asking if those cheering on the death of another human being — a husband and a father — lacked &#8220;a soul, a conscience and a heart.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, what I will say, Sean, once again, is that I believe in free speech. I don&#8217;t believe in things like, you know, religious things like souls and all of these things.&#8221;

Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz Refuses To Condemn Luigi Mangione: ‘Gosh, You’re Gonna Ask If I Condemn Hamas Next’

Taylor Lorenz Refuses To Condemn Luigi Mangione: 'Gosh, You're Gonna Ask If I Condemn Hamas Next'

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Former Washington Post and New York Times tech reporter Taylor Lorenz doubled down on her previous comments regarding Luigi Mangione, the man who is charged with the broad-daylight slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Lorenz, who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-wapo-reporter-taylor-lorenz-says-united-healthcare-ceos-murder-brought-her-joy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously blasted</a> for saying that she&#8217;d felt &#8220;joy&#8221; when she heard that Thompson had been gunned down — and then, while attempting to walk that back slightly, simultaneously argued that insurance companies that delayed or denied coverage were guilty of murder. &#8220;Maybe not joy, but certainly not — certainly not empathy,&#8221; she said, shocking show host Piers Morgan and her fellow guests.
Lorenz followed that up with an appearance Sunday on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;MisinfoNation&#8221; with host Donie O&#8217;Sullivan, where she laughed off the people who seem obsessed with Mangione and claimed it was because he seemed to be a &#8220;morally good man&#8221; — and mocked the people who were shocked that anyone would look at an alleged murderer as a hero.
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Independent journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TaylorLorenz</a> on what media is getting wrong about Luigi Mangione fans. 
Tonight on MisinfoNation: Extreme American 8p ET and PT on <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a> <a href="https://t.co/gMKMhdRmnr">https://t.co/gMKMhdRmnr</a> <a href="https://t.co/JZJAJSMcnh">pic.twitter.com/JZJAJSMcnh</a>
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&#8220;To see these millionaire media pundits on TV clutching their pearls about someone stanning a murderer when this is the United States of America. As if we don’t lionize criminals, as if we don’t have, you know, we don’t stan murderers of all sorts, and we can give them Netflix shows,&#8221; Lorenz began. &#8220;There’s a huge disconnect between the narratives and the angles that mainstream media pushes and what the American public feels.&#8221;
O&#8217;Sullivan pressed her to elaborate, mentioning the women who had even showed up outside the courthouse when Mangione was there.
&#8220;You’re going to see women especially that feel like, Oh my God, right? Like, here’s this man who’s revolutionary, who’s famous, who’s handsome, who is young, who’s smart. He’s a person that seems like this morally good man, which is hard to find,&#8221; Lorenz claimed.
Instead of pushing back, O&#8217;Sullivan joked, &#8220;Yeah, I just realized women will literally date an assassin before they swipe right on me. That’s where we’re at.&#8221;
One point of agreement, for both O&#8217;Sullivan and Lorenz, was their belief that the people raving over Mangione and supporters of President Donald Trump were no different.
&#8220;I totally agree. They want somebody to take on this system. They want someone to tear down these barbaric establishment institutions,&#8221; Lorenz explained.
The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh was among those who called out both Lorenz and O&#8217;Sullivan, saying, &#8220;Psychotic wench Taylor Lorenz gushes over Luigi Mangione, calls him a &#8216;morally good man,&#8217; and brags that fan-girling a murderer has led to the biggest audience growth she’s ever had. The CNN &#8216;journalist&#8217; sits and laughs along. Just an utterly depraved display all around.&#8221;
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Psychotic wench Taylor Lorenz gushes over Luigi Mangione, calls him a “morally good man,” and brags that fan-girling a murderer has led to the biggest audience growth she’s ever had. The CNN “journalist” sits and laughs along. Just an utterly depraved display all around. <a href="https://t.co/EJkaZNSGEy">https://t.co/EJkaZNSGEy</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1911500617547137445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Taylor Lorenz’s Horrible Take On Suspected Murderer Luigi Mangione Just Got Ten Times Worse

Normally when a major new law is proposed, it&#8217;s given a name that makes it catchy and appealing to as many people as possible. Of course, pretty much every time, the name is an obvious lie. But it&#8217;s still an effective lie, because every time someone says the name of the law, they&#8217;re giving you a positive soundbite. Obama&#8217;s health care plan, of course, was famously called &#8220;The Affordable Care Act.&#8221; So all of the news articles and cable news segments that talked about the law — even if they were critical of it — ended up reinforcing the message that it would make health care &#8220;affordable.&#8221; The same principle applies to the so-called &#8220;Equal Pay Act,&#8221; the &#8220;Freedom of Information Act,&#8221; the &#8220;Fair Housing Act,&#8221; and so on.
With that in mind, it&#8217;s worth taking a look at the name of a new ballot initiative that was <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/25-0002%20%28Health%20Care%29.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> last week in the state of California. This ballot initiative was proposed by a retired lawyer in the state. And it would prevent insurance companies from denying coverage for medication or procedures, unless those insurance companies could demonstrate — by &#8220;clear and convincing evidence&#8221; — that the medication or procedure is completely unnecessary in every way. In other words, they can&#8217;t reject a procedure because it&#8217;s too expensive. If they do, they&#8217;ll face a lawsuit that will almost certainly be successful. In practical terms, this would mean that the cost of health insurance (and medical procedures) would skyrocket. It would have the exact opposite of its intended effect. Insurance companies would probably go bankrupt very quickly, and a lot of people would lose access to health care entirely as a result. So calling this &#8220;bad policy&#8221; would be an understatement.
But that&#8217;s not the point. The point is the name of this ballot initiative. It&#8217;s not called the &#8220;Better Health Care Insurance Act.&#8221; It&#8217;s not called the &#8220;Save Lives Act&#8221; or the &#8220;Free Money Act&#8221; or anything like that. Instead, this ballot initiative is called the &#8220;Luigi Mangione Access to Healthcare Act.&#8221; Yes, a law has just been proposed in the state of California that&#8217;s named after someone who just (allegedly) shot a health care CEO in the back, on camera, after stalking him for weeks. And as much as I&#8217;d like to say that most people in this country have rejected this legislation, that&#8217;s not true. It&#8217;s actually getting a lot of support and mainstream attention at the moment. Watch:
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So evidently, it&#8217;s not enough for the ballot initiative to be named after an alleged murderer. On top of that, the text of the ballot initiative also references the words that the assassin wrote on the bullets that he used to murder Brian Thompson. This is about as sociopathic as things can possibly get. But it&#8217;s got a fighting chance to pass in California. Already many <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1jnl1rm/california_ballot_measure_named_after_luigi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">people</a> are supporting the proposal on social media, as you can probably imagine. They&#8217;re particularly fond of the idea on Reddit, which has become a breeding ground for domestic terrorists of late. And the state of California is well-known for passing ballot initiatives like this one.
Reason Magazine <a href="https://reason.com/2025/03/31/the-best-thing-about-the-proposed-california-initiative-named-after-luigi-mangione-is-the-title/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that: &#8220;California has a history of gadflies getting far-reaching policies on the ballot that then end up winning. Liberal California likes to point to Proposition 13, which limited property tax increases, as the canonical example of this. Another example would be Proposition 103, an initiative pushed by consumer advocates that created California&#8217;s current regulatory regime for property and auto insurance. Prop. 103 limits insurers&#8217; ability to raise rates on policyholders and creates a laborious system to justify whatever price increases they are still permitted.&#8221;
And there&#8217;s another reason to think that this initiative will pass. This is a poll that was just conducted by the &#8220;Network Contagion Research Institute,&#8221; which just surveyed Americans across the political spectrum in order to determine their level of tolerance for political violence. <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/bombshell-study-reveals-assassination-culture-080006498.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">From Fox</a>, which reported on the results: &#8220;38% of respondents said it would be at least &#8216;somewhat justified&#8217; to murder Donald Trump, and 31% said the same about Elon Musk. &#8230; When counting only left-leaning respondents, justification for killing Trump rose to 55% and Musk to 48%.&#8221;
Yes, more than half of &#8220;left-leaning respondents&#8221; — which includes anyone who identifies as a liberal in any way — believes that it would be acceptable for an assassin to execute Donald Trump. And nearly half of &#8220;left-leaning respondents&#8221; believe it would be acceptable if someone murdered Elon Musk. On top of that, nearly 60% of &#8220;left-leaning respondents&#8221; declared that it would be acceptable to destroy a Tesla dealership. They&#8217;re saying it&#8217;s fine to commit acts of domestic terrorism, solely because they disagree with the political views of the CEO of the company.
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Yes, polls can be misleading. We talk about the bias that exists in polls all the time. They&#8217;re not necessarily a reliable indicator but in this case, based on everything that&#8217;s happened in this country in the last few years, everyone knows this poll is accurate. We&#8217;ve all seen the outpouring of support for Luigi Mangione — support that continued even after it became very clear that he&#8217;s a raging, wealthy narcissist who had no reason to be upset with United HealthCare whatsoever. In fact, a few months ago, many of Luigi Mangione&#8217; supporters dogpiled one of my videos on YouTube, in order to inform me that I should &#8220;read the room&#8221; and defend first-degree murder.
We&#8217;ve also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtWVnpnx4U" target="_blank" rel="noopener">played</a> dozens of clips of random Tesla stores and vehicles being attacked, as mobs cheer on the carnage. People are being terrorized solely on the basis of a vehicle they&#8217;ve purchased — which as far as I can tell, has never happened before in the history of this country. At the height of the Bud Light boycott, no one was violently assaulted for drinking a Bud Light. But for Tesla owners, it&#8217;s a different story. And these attacks are continuing, by the way. Just yesterday, shortly after midnight in Washington State, an explosion <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2025/04/explosion-rips-through-tesla-supercharger-triggering-fbi-response/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">destroyed</a> a Tesla charging station.
Along the same lines, as we <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ7Lue_aa0I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussed</a> earlier this week, there&#8217;s been a groundswell of support for Karmelo Anthony, who recently stabbed a white high school student to death in Texas at a track meet. Anthony&#8217;s family has now raised more than $250,000 — a quarter of a million dollars — on GiveSendGo, on the theory that the killing was somehow an act of self-defense — even though Karmelo Anthony himself asked officers, as they arrested him, whether self-defense was a viable strategy to pursue. At this rate, he&#8217;ll raise a million dollars for killing a white 17-year-old. Yes, there&#8217;s essentially a bounty for killing white people in this country. Does it matter to these people that Austin Metcalf didn&#8217;t hurt Karmelo Anthony in any way? Does it matter to them that Karmelo Anthony instigated the fight and then threw away the murder weapon as Austin Metcalf died in his brother&#8217;s arms? Does it matter that Karmelo Anthony brought a deadly weapon to the opposing team&#8217;s tent at a track meet, and then dared someone to touch him? Of course not. None of that matters. All that matters is that Austin Metcalf was white and Karmelo Anthony was black.
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So no, it&#8217;s not surprising in the slightest that most self-described liberals in this country are explicitly supporting political violence. We see the evidence everywhere. But at the same time, the diagnosis from the political science experts is obviously lacking in several respects. They aren&#8217;t fully grasping the problem. To give you some idea, here&#8217;s what they have to say.
This is <a href="https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/new-survey-reveals-disturbing-trend-in-support-of-political-violence-president-trump-left-of-center-elon-musk-liberal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from CBS</a>: &#8220;Stanley Schwartz, a history professor at Cedarville University, tells us, violence has a long history in American democracy, but it was still striking to read through this report. &#8230; &#8216;A lot of folks on the left are probably feeling a sense of hopelessness or despair following the election loss,&#8217; said Schwartz. &#8230; [Another expert], Darryl Paulson, who specializes in political parties and elections at the University of South Florida, tells us, there used to be rules in how you conducted politics. But those rules don&#8217;t exist anymore. &#8216;Those rules of the game have been thrown out, and it&#8217;s every man for himself,&#8217; Paulson said.&#8221;
That&#8217;s the explanation that the academics have come up with. They&#8217;re saying that something has abruptly changed, and that &#8220;a lot of folks&#8221; are mad that a Republican won the presidency. But that doesn&#8217;t actually capture the magnitude of what&#8217;s happening here. So-called “assassination culture” — as these pollsters have referred to this phenomenon — is not merely the result of hyper partisanship and political division. We&#8217;ve had a lot of very intense political disagreements in this country&#8217;s history, including all-out brawls on the floor of Congress in the 19th century. What we haven&#8217;t seen, until now, are coordinated terror campaigns — endorsed by a major political party — that are conducted against American citizens on the basis of their political beliefs. That is new.
When the Weather Underground bombed The Capitol, both Democrats and Republicans had the good sense to condemn it. But when the modern Weather Underground gets to work against Elon Musk and his supporters, Democrats say nothing. Actually, it&#8217;s worse than that. They come out and publicly taunt Elon Musk and his company, and they suggest he and Tesla got what they deserved.
We&#8217;re seeing this response because, at its core, Leftism is relativistic, fundamentally amoral, and dehumanizing. Leftism has taken over the Democratic Party, and we&#8217;re now witnessing the consequences of that takeover. That is why Leftists are celebrating the murder of Brian Thompson, without any pushback from elected Democrats. That&#8217;s why they&#8217;re happy Austin Metcalf is dead, and it&#8217;s why they&#8217;re now desperately hoping that they&#8217;ll get to kill Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Above all else, Leftism is concerned with advancing the interests of the party. That is their overriding goal. It&#8217;s all that interests them. Nothing else matters. They will continue their campaign of violence, at any cost. They don&#8217;t even feel the need to hide it anymore, as the &#8220;Luigi Mangione Access to Health Care Act&#8221; demonstrates. The same people who cheered the killing of Brian Thompson would cheer your death as well, if they felt it would advance their interests in any way.
Countries can survive economic upheaval, political disagreements and even civil war. But they cannot survive an ideology that is fundamentally anti-human — that&#8217;s completely uninterested in any form of human progress. That is what Leftism, as endorsed by the Democratic Party, now stands for. A majority of Democrats agree with this sentiment. It&#8217;s impossible to overstate this, so I&#8217;ll say it again: They will rationalize your murder if you don&#8217;t agree with them. They will rationalize your murder, as we&#8217;ve seen with Austin Metcalf, if you&#8217;re white. It is incumbent on every sane person — anyone with any survival instinct whatsoever — to stay as far away from these people as possible. And if we accomplish nothing else in the next few years, we should do everything we can to eradicate this ideology so that it doesn&#8217;t result in any more death and destruction than it already has. Leftism arrived in this country relatively quickly. If there&#8217;s one silver lining here, it&#8217;s that we can eliminate it just as quickly.

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School board members in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, were left in shock after an activist was accused of threatening one of the trustees during a <a href="https://www.gpschools.org/boe-meetings">public school board meeting</a>.
On March 31, local activist Ian Seaman made reference to Luigi Mangione, who allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City in December.
“It’s one thing to say we don’t want rainbow flags in our schools and to have the people that you pay $60,000 a year in journalism salary to, to repeat the talking points. It’s another thing to pay $60,000 a year, which is a teacher’s salary, to a Republican action committee, or anything like that. Fortunate for you, I’m no Luigi,” Seaman reportedly told Trustee Sean Cotton, whose family<a href="https://www.crainsdetroit.com/health-care/25-billion-deal-done-cotton-family-plans-next-steps-new-ventures" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> founded</a> Meridian Health. “But to some disgruntled teen with his or her father’s pistol or rifle, any of the other things you prefer in schools other than rainbow flags, you might be a Brian Thompson.”
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A deranged Pro-LGBTQ student at <a href="https://twitter.com/GPSchools?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GPSchools</a> in Michigan appeared to threaten the life of a school trustee during a board meeting:
“Fortunate for you, I’m no Luigi&#8211; But to some disgruntled teen with his or her father’s pistol or rifle, any of the other things you prefer in school… <a href="https://t.co/5J0ctJgPwi">pic.twitter.com/5J0ctJgPwi</a>
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“Seaman claimed to be upset over school policy on hanging gay pride flags in classrooms,” Michigan Capitol Confidential <a href="https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/news/trustee-vows-to-stay-on-after-apparent-threat-at-grosse-pointe-school-board-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Cotton told the outlet he thought Seaman had been radicalized by people whose &#8220;months of reckless demagoguery that used me as a boogeyman contributed directly to his actions and the threat he made against my life.&#8221;
“You don’t always have your life threatened right here, and that guy Ian Seaman, he absolutely just did threaten my life,” Cotton told the people at the meeting. “From my exercising representative government and democracy and the First Amendment, that’s pretty disconcerting. Seeing sociopaths like this guy, who referenced the United CEO who was murdered, and seeing how much happiness you see online to that murder, is pretty disconcerting where our society has gone. And seeing one of these people come up here and publicly speak, it’s pretty concerning.”
“It’s unacceptable to make thinly veiled threats to anybody regardless of status. That’s unacceptable. I’m sorry that happened to you, Trustee Cotton,” board member Clint Derringer reacted.
“I’m really taken aback by what just happened at that microphone regarding a person and a public servant,” Dr. Andrea Turtle declared. “And I would hope that all of you, regardless of your opinions, realize we are people first. And that was completely scary, and I’m shocked that it’s not being addressed differently, quite frankly, at this board, and that we’ve overlooked that, because it’s really hard for me to focus on anything but that, because that could be any one of us.”
“While he did not explicitly mention my background in healthcare, it is clear he had done his homework, and I believe he likely knew of my former role,” Cotton told Michigan Capitol Confidential. “He ranted about my ownership of our community’s local newspaper, my political donations, and was clearly very angry and agitated about my participation in the democratic process.”
“While the incident was unsettling, it will not deter me from continuing to serve the Grosse Pointe community,” Cotton continued. “I sought this role to help preserve and strengthen our public schools, championing academic excellence, fiscal responsibility, and long-term stability. That mission remains as important to me today as ever.”
“I believe deeply in democracy and in the importance of representative government,” Cotton asserted. “These are the bedrock principles of our nation. To serve in an elected role is both an honor and a responsibility. Threats and intimidation cannot be allowed to silence public servants or any citizen who chooses to participate in civic life.”
Seaman claimed his comments weren’t a threat. “I explicitly said I would never do that,” Seaman told Michigan Capitol Confidential. “I am not (Mangione). But if we keep not listening to people and what they need, we are in an environment where someone could do something drastic. That should be a scary thought for everyone.”
“What you saw Monday at the school board meeting was appalling but sadly predictable,” Matthew J. Wilk, president of Get Kids Back to School Inc, stated. &#8220;Progressive political organizations have been pushing that a reversion to a traditional view of sex, one that has been understood on this planet for thousands of years, is somehow ‘violence’ against those with gender dysphoria. It isn’t.”
Regarding Seaman’s rhetoric, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s Press Secretary, Daniel Wimmer, commented, “Whether a threat was effectuated would require some degree of investigation that I am unable to conduct, via email as the press secretary for the department. If you or anyone else believe a crime has been committed, we would encourage you to contact local law enforcement or your nearest Michigan State Police post.”

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed federal prosecutors on Tuesday to pursue the death penalty in the case against Luigi Mangione, who is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-pamela-bondi-directs-prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-luigi-mangione">alleged</a> that Mangione murdered Thompson in &#8220;an act of political violence.&#8221; The 26-year-old suspect was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in December — five days after Thompson was gunned down from behind outside of the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
&#8220;Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,&#8221; Bondi said. &#8220;After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.&#8221;
Mangione faces both state and federal murder and terrorism charges. He has pleaded not guilty to the state charges but has not yet entered a plea for the federal charges, which make him eligible for the death penalty. According to prosecutors, state and federal cases are expected to proceed on parallel tracks. Since New York doesn&#8217;t have the death penalty, the heaviest sentence Mangione could face in the state is life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The DOJ argues that the alleged assassination of Thompson &#8220;involved substantial planning and premeditation,&#8221; adding that &#8220;because the murder took place in public with bystanders nearby, [it] may have posed grave risk of death to additional persons.&#8221;
Video footage of the killing showed the masked assassin approach Thompson from behind and shoot him in the back before firing at him again after the healthcare CEO fell to the ground. One bystander, who appeared to be a female, was also seen on camera when the assassination unfolded, but no one else was wounded.
The suspect allegedly fled the scene on a bicycle that he rode into Central Park and then made his way to a bus station, where he took a Greyhound out of the city. Mangione was arrested after patrons in an Altoona McDonald&#8217;s recognized him from flyers posted by the NYPD. The flyers showed photos of the alleged assassin smiling in the lobby of a Manhattan hostel, where he stayed just days before Thomspon was killed.
Upon his arrest, law enforcement officers allegedly found Mangione&#8217;s backpack, where inside he was storing a 9mm homemade handgun, a manifesto, and the same fake New Jersey ID that was used by the person of interest at a Manhattan hostel before Thompson was gunned down on the street. Authorities also allegedly found a notebook on Mangione where written inside were mentions of taking out “the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention.”
Mangione has gained a following among some on the Left who have called for the suspected assassin to be freed. Mangione has received letters, photos, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations for his legal defense.

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California residents may soon have the chance to vote on a measure that would restrict insurance companies from denying coverage — an initiative named after the man who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street.
The proposed “Luigi Mangione Act” has already found its way to the California attorney general’s desk, according to local outlet <a href="https://ktla.com/news/california/proposed-california-ballot-initiative-luigi-mangione-act-would-make-it-harder-for-insurers-to-deny-medical-care/">KTLA</a>. If enacted, it would then be illegal for insurance companies to “delay, deny or modify any medical procedure or medication” prescribed by California doctors if failure to implement such treatments could result in “disability, death, amputation, permanent disfigurement, loss or reduction of any bodily function.”
The measure would also limit modifications to such treatments to licensed physicians, and make it illegal for anyone other than another licensed physician to review or modify them.
Insurance companies, in order to deny coverage for anything, would have to prove “by clear and convincing evidence that the medication or procedure was unnecessary or would not result in disability, death, amputation, permanent disfigurement or the loss or reduction of any bodily function.”
A number of critics took issue with the initiative, primarily because it was being named after a murderer.
“Well that’s f****ing disgusting and insane!” Guy Benson posted.
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Well that’s f****ing disgusting and insane!
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“This is like calling a pro-abortion bill the ‘Kermit Gosnell Act.’ It’s deranged,” another said.
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This is like calling a pro-abortion bill the “Kermit Gosnell Act.” It’s deranged. <a href="https://t.co/W7ewgF5jU5">https://t.co/W7ewgF5jU5</a>
&mdash; Jennifer Greenberg 🕊️ (@JennMGreenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennMGreenberg/status/1906014722249355751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“Using a [murderers] name to glorify a bill is on another level,” Chef Andrew Gruel commented, later adding, “*allegedly.”
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Fox News’ Jimmy Failla posted a video blasting the initiative, saying, “We don’t name legislation after murderers. If we did, we’d have a marriage act named after O.J. Simpson.”
He went on to say that the only thing that really made any sense was to name legislation “after the victims of the thing you’re trying to fix.”
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&quot;We don&#39;t name legislation after murderers.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/jimmyfailla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jimmyfailla</a> reacts to a proposed California ballot initiative, the ‘Luigi Mangione Act,’ which would limit health insurers’ ability to deny care. <a href="https://t.co/8AiXhOSdyk">pic.twitter.com/8AiXhOSdyk</a>
&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1905739853930881485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione is requesting access to a laptop in order to prepare his defense against terrorism charges, according to a court filing made public yesterday.
Mangione, 26, is <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/luigi-mangione-charged-stalking-and-murder-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-and-use">accused</a> of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two high school students, outside a Manhattan hotel in December.
The Ivy League computer science graduate from a Maryland real estate family faces a rare New York State charge of murder as an act of terrorism, as well as federal charges that could carry the death penalty.
The requested laptop would, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/us/luigi-mangione-laptop-jail-united-healthcare/index.html#:~:text=Through%20his%20lawyers%2C%20Mangione%20has,lawyers%20said%20in%20Monday's%20filing.">CNN</a>, “be unable to connect to the internet, run video games or play movies or other entertainment, his lawyers said in Monday’s filing. But it would let him examine, from his jail cell, more than 15,000 pages of documents and thousands of hours of video that prosecutors gathered and were required to turn over to his attorneys.”
Mangione’s case has become a cultural flashpoint. While most Americans were horrified at the alleged brutal murder of a father of two, many Leftists <a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-healthcare-ceo-luigi-mangione-josh-shapiro-3a8c64a0bc412e0eeb84bca0c99b6e67">rallied behind</a> the “#FreeLuigi” movement.
Thousands donated to Mangione&#8217;s defense, and his court hearings have been packed with supporters, to the horror of many.
Crowdfunding efforts launched for his legal defense have collectively <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/fundraising-unitedhealth-ceo-shooting?utm_source=chatgpt.com">raised</a> over $700,000, despite platforms repeatedly removing such campaigns.
Many on the Left, according to CNN, seem to be channeling their frustration with the health care system through Mangione, with some going as far as calling him a vigilante.
In court documents, prosecutors describe evidence of extensive planning before the shooting, including Mangione&#8217;s internet search history showing months of queries about Thompson and UnitedHealthcare&#8217;s corporate structure.
Authorities reportedly recovered bullets at the crime scene inscribed with anti-corporate messages and what investigators characterized as &#8220;manifestos&#8221; on Mangione&#8217;s electronic devices detailing grievances against the healthcare industry.
Former Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/luigi-mangione-charged-stalking-and-murder-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-and-use">said</a> in December, “Mangione planned his attack for months and stalked his victim for days before murdering him — methodically planning when, where, and how to carry out his crime.”
Mangione has pleaded not guilty.

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Violence against America’s executives keeps escalating. On February 21, a gunman shot up the home of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation CEO Chip Terhune in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/oregon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lake Oswego</a>, near Portland. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/insurance-ceos-home-riddled-bullets-gunman-remains-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reported</a> Fox News, “The shots were fired at close range by someone possibly wearing a hoodie or ski mask and carrying a light-colored object.”
His family could have also been injured or even killed. As of now, no suspect has been identified.
The attack occurred as America continues to mourn UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/unitedhealth-group-slain-ceo-brian-thompson-good-guys/story?id=116705908" target="_blank" rel="noopener">murdered</a> last December 4 in New York City. “It was a life lived to the fullest,” said the company’s CEO, Andrew Witty. “And a life that helped make a profoundly positive impact on the lives of so many people.” However, some on the Left disagree.
Alleged killer Luigi Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty, made his first <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_7b7xLdISk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">court appearance</a> since his arraignment on February 21. Outside the courthouse, deranged supporters chanted, “We, the people, want Luigi free.”
Immediately after the killing, “Wanted” signs <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/executive-hit-lists-wanted-posters-nypd-warns-threats/story?id=116662519" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> in Manhattan featuring other corporate executives. An NYPD bulletin cautioned that “some online users across social media platforms reacted positively to the killing, encouraged future targeting of similar executives, and shared conspiracy theories regarding the shooting.” Such disregard for life and free discussion is what led to the Oregon attack and potentially others.
Unfortunately, some leading public discussions on health care and corporate policies have unconditionally failed to condemn such attacks. While they profess support for nonviolence, they often equivocate.
“Violence is never the answer, but people can be pushed only so far,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told the Huffington Post in an <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/warren-sanders-brian-thompson-health-care_n_6758bc0fe4b063b52a9a524b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>. But what happens if they’re “pushed too far” and start killing? She further exacerbated, “The visceral response from people across this country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the health care system.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) described Thompson’s murder as “outrageous” and “unacceptable.” Then the self-proclaimed socialist equivocated, “I think what the outpouring of anger at the health care industry tells us is that millions of people understand that health care is a human right and that you cannot have people in the insurance industry rejecting needed health care for people while they make billions of dollars in profit.” 
 
On March 4, John Stossel posted a YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IOWBjoo7Ew" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Swedish economist Sven Larson, who now lives in Kansas, discussing Bernie Sanders&#8217; cliché for decades that healthcare is a “right.” Larson commented, “You get the right to free health care, but whether you actually get the healthcare or not is a different story.” He added, “I have friends who have died in the Swedish health care system because they couldn’t get treatment in time.” 
 
Wendell Potter, a former vice president for corporate communications at Cigna Corp., took a similarly appalling stance to that of Warren and Sanders in an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/opinion/health-insurance-united-ceo-shooting.html">op-ed</a> for the New York Times. While lamenting Thompson’s “tragic assassination,” Potter used that as a tree on which to hang his position.
He stated he resigned while assisting in the planning of a financial meeting “similar to the one that UnitedHealthcare canceled after Mr. Thompson’s horrific killing.” This revealed an “uncomfortable truth&#8230; that shareholders, not patient outcomes, tend to drive decisions at for-profit health insurance companies.”
If companies lose money, they go bankrupt. If the health insurance industry can’t turn a profit, the only alternative is a rationing system like those in Sweden or Canada, which means a “right” to long wait times even for routine care. Potter is taking his disgruntled former employee attitude too far.
In a rebuttal <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/opinion/letters/health-insurance-failures.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the Times, Michael Keyes, an executive with 20 years in the health care industry, branded Potter’s op-ed “a misleading cheap shot” targeting a sector that “cares for hundreds of millions of Americans while navigating an exceptionally complex system.”
If Warren, Sanders, and Potter disagree with the current U.S. health care policy, fine. This is a democracy. State your case. However, taking advantage of a terrorist act as an excuse to advance a policy agenda is beyond the pale and ought to be unequivocally condemned.
Such outrages must cease, or this country will descend into Venezuelan-style anarchy, taking our economy down with it.
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Haley Kennington (<a href="https://twitter.com/ladykennington?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@LadyKennington</a>) is a conservative commentator who served as the Research Director &amp; Story Editor for “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12734800/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020:The Plot Against the President”</a> and Research/Archive Editor for “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20256528/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Is a Woman?</a>“
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Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO and father of two Brian Thompson, said in a filing on Friday that Pennsylvania police broke the law when they arrested him in December.
In a filing on Friday, Mangione&#8217;s lawyer claimed that police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, did not read Mangione his Miranda rights, which is required by the U.S. Constitution, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/luigi-mangione-says-pennsylvania-search-arrest-were-illegal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Mangione was arrested by police at a McDonald&#8217;s in Altoona on December 9 after a customer reportedly recognized him from “person of interest” pictures posted by the NYPD following the murder of Thompson on December 4.
According to defense attorney Thomas Dickey, police provided a “specious and unreasonable reason” for approaching Mangione, telling him he overstayed his welcome as a patron and looked suspicious. Dickey claimed that police never gave a reason for detaining his client and asked him questions before reading him his constitutional rights, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/luigi-mangione-says-pennsylvania-search-arrest-were-illegal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Police questioned Mangione for 15 minutes before telling him he was under investigation, according to the filing. Asked if he wanted to speak to police, Mangione shook his head no before an officer told him, “You are not in custody,” Dickey said. The defense attorney added, “This statement was materially false, inaccurate and contrary to law. It is clear at this time that the defendant was in fact in custody.”
After Mangione was arrested at the McDonald&#8217;s, authorities found a notebook, where written inside were mentions of taking out “the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention.” In Mangione&#8217;s backpack, police also allegedly found a 9mm homemade handgun, a manifesto, and the same fake New Jersey ID that was used by the person of interest at a Manhattan hostel before Thompson was gunned down on the street. The manifesto included criticism of Thompson prioritizing profit over patients, according to authorities.
Mangione was extradited to New York where he faces murder and terrorism charges brought against him by the state and the federal government. The federal murder charges make Mangione eligible for the death penalty. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. The murder suspect has received <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspected-assassin-luigi-mangione-accepts-nearly-300k-in-donations-for-legal-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support</a> from fans in the form of hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to his criminal defense and a deluge of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/luigi-mangione-accused-of-ceos-murder-asks-fans-to-stop-sending-so-many-pics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photos</a> sent to him.

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Luigi Mangione, who is currently awaiting trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has asked that his fans stop sending him so many photos.
The 26-year-old graduate of the University of Pennsylvania issued the request after being inundated with unsolicited pictures sent to him at a federal jail in Brooklyn where he is currently being held. 
“Luigi is allowed to receive photos via Shutterfly and FreePrints in accordance with mail procedures while in custody,” a <a href="https://www.luigimangioneinfo.com/pages/faq/">statement</a> on the FAQ page of his legal defense information website says. 
“Due to the volume of photos, they could take longer than usual to be screened and shared. Luigi appreciates the photos that are sent and kindly asks that people send no more than five photos at a time. Please note that every photo that is received is screened and reviewed by law enforcement.”
The FAQ page previously had a <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-fans-gifts-fundraiser-jail-2036072">statement</a> asking fans to stop sending Mangione books.
Last Friday, the Ivy League graduate appeared for a pretrial hearing in New York Criminal Court, which attracted dozens of his supporters to the courthouse. Despite the serious nature of his charges, Mangione has accumulated a large fan base, especially among leftists who are unhappy with the U.S. healthcare system.
Mangione has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. No trial date has been set.
He is also facing federal charges, which could result in the death penalty, but a federal grand jury has not yet indicted him. His next date in federal court is in mid-March, per <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/luigi-mangione-new-york-state-case-court-appearance-friday/story?id=119008079">ABC News</a>.
Mangione released his first public statement earlier this month and mentioned the amount of fan mail he’s received since being arrested.
“I am overwhelmed by – and grateful for – everyone who has written me to share their stories and express their support,” the statement from Mangione read. “Powerfully, this support has transcended political, racial, and even class divisions, as mail has flooded MDC from across the country, and around the globe.”
He added, “While it is impossible for me to reply to most letters, please know that I read every one that I receive. Thank you again to everyone who took the time to write. I look forward to hearing more in the future.”
Thompson, a husband and father of two children, was killed by a masked assassin who was caught on video firing multiple shots into the UnitedHealthcare CEO before fleeing the scene. Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after the murder.

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