Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a stunning development in a case that rattled business leaders while galvanizing their critics, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Edit: it’s official, Mangione is pleading guilty to the federal charge. Perhaps it seems to get the state charges off his back?
We won’t know for sure until that filing happens, but I am confident that Mangione has very good lawyers for the federal case.
We had reports that Mangione’s legal team would pursue a psychiatric defence, but was abandoned and withdrawn. So I won’t take any speculation on this case as final until it actually happens.
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One potential avenue is Mangione pleads not guilty to murder (bc we all know he didn’t do that) and guilty to stalking and other lesser charges (maybe? perhaps he was doing that while we were playing Black Ops Zombies on the day of Brian Thompson’s death?). But I still (as a non-lawyer) think that a jury should decide whether Luigi Mangione is guilty of anything.