Attorney General Pamela Bondi Directs Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel on December 4th. 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, Bondi said in a statement. 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." Thompson, 50, was ambushed and shot on a sidewalk as he walked to an investor conference at a hotel in midtown Manhattan. Mangione was arrested days later while eating breakfast at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Mangione, 26, has pleaded not guilty to a state indictment and has not entered a plea to the federal charges. He faces separate federal and state murder charges for the killing. The federal charges include murder through the use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. The state charges carry a maximum punishment of life in prison.