Attorney General Pam Bondi told Matthew Podolsky, the acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione.
Mangione is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan last December.
“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,” stated Bondi. “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.”
Bondi pointed out that “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.”
Mangione became eligible for the death penalty when the feds leveled charges against him.
He has not entered a plea for the charges.
Mangione still faces 11 charges at the state level, including first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism.
He pleaded not guilty for the state charges.
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