*U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wants Luigi Mangione to face the death penalty in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“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.
She has directed Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky to seek the death penalty, stating that it aligns with President Trump’s goal to “Make America Safe Again.”
Luigi, 26, is facing both state and federal murder charges for the alleged slaying of Thompson. His attorney Karen Agnifilo tells TMZ … “By seeking to murder Luigi Mangione, the Justice Department has moved from the dysfunctional to the barbaric. Their decision to execute Luigi is political and goes against the recommendation of the local federal prosecutors, the law, and historical precedent. While claiming to protect against murder, the federal government moves to commit the pre-meditated, state-sponsored murder of Luigi.”
Agnifilo continued, “By doing this, they are defending the broken, immoral, and murderous healthcare industry that continues to terrorize the American people. We are prepared to fight these federal charges, brought by a lawless Justice Department, as well as the New York State charges, and the Pennsylvania charges, and anything else they want to pile on Luigi.”
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The lawyer added, “This is a corrupt web of government dysfunction and one-upmanship. Luigi is caught in a high-stakes game of tug-of-war between state and federal prosecutors, except the trophy is a young man’s life.”
Mangione has reportedly gained a cult following behind bars. According to reports, women are infatuated with the accused murderer, sending letters and support despite facing state and federal charges in connection with the murder of Thompson. Mangione allegedly gunned down the fifty-year-old outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4. He was arrested Dec. 9 in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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