| After
Luigi Mangione
Arraigned for
Killing
UnitedHealth CEO
SDNY on Call and
Recusal
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Substack Book Patreon
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 30 – Luigi Mangione was
presented in Federal court on
December 19 on four charges,
one of them death penalty
eligible, for the killing of
UnitedHealth CEO Brian
Thompson. Inner City Press was
there, covering the case
toward a book.
On February 4,
death penalty qualified
(learned) counsel was
appointed for Mangione in
SDNY, endorsed letter on
Patreon here
On April 1 DOJ
announced it will seek the
death penalty against
Mangione.
In the
interim, after some push back,
Inner City Press published a
book Luigi Mangione Lone Wolf
here,
audiobook here.
On April 15 the
US responded to Mangione's
anti-death penalty filing with
a ripeness argument: "The
defendant has identified no
authority for the notion that
it can prevent the Government
from seeking capital
punishment before indictment."
Full filing on Patreon here
On April
17, Inner City Press vlogged
in the morning to expect
something - and past 5 pm the SDNY prosecutors
docketed an indictment
of Mangione,
with "Special
Findings
Regarding the
Murder of Brian
Thompson" - here.
On
April 24 the
US filed
"NOTICE OF
INTENT TO SEEK
THE DEATH
PENALTY" -
here.
On
April 25 Inner
City Press
live tweeted
the
arraignment,
including
Karen Friedman
Agnifilo
saying the
defense will
move to have
the Federal
case go first
- and that a
telephone call
between
her and Mangione
was
inappropriately
monitored. Thread.
On
April 29 the US
Attorney's
Office said it
was "because
the defendant
spoke to his
counsel on a
recorded and
monitored jail
line (not a
line specially
designated for
attorney
calls)-
filing on
Patreon here
On April
30, though,
more: "In
fact, the
paralegal
listened to
the entire
call, then
subsequently
informed DANY
prosecutors
about the
identities of
the people
with whom the
defendant
spoke. DANY
thereafter
handled the
matter as
described in
our previous
letter.
Moreover, DANY
notified
defense
counsel of
these facts in
an email,
dated April
22, 2025,
thus, counsel
was aware of
this
information
prior to
arraignment.
The Government
also writes to
inform the
Court that
United States
Attorney for
the Southern
District of
New York, Jay
Clayton, is
recused from
this matter."
The Federal case
is US v. Mangione, 1:25-cr-176
(Garnett)
More / extra on X
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and Substack here
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