Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, an admission that immediately set off a legal fight over whether he can still be tried on separate murder charges in New York state court. Mangione, 28, entered the plea at a hastily scheduled hearing in Manhattan federal
Luigi Mangione admitted on Friday to tracking down and shooting Brian Thompson in a court hearing where he pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in connection with the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing. Mangione reversed his previous not-guilty plea while Thompson’s family members looked on from the front row of the downtown Manhattan courthouse. Thompson’s widow, Paulette