Federal prosecutors officially file intent to seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione
Federal prosecutors have declared intent to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, according to a court document filed on Thursday evening.
The filing was obtained by Courthouse News Service on Thursday. It comes a week after Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was indicted on federal charges.
The court document argues that Mangione “intentionally” killed Thompson because of his position as the CEO of a health insurance company.
“Mangione elected to murder Thompson under these circumstances to amplify an ideological message, maximize the visibility and impact of the victim’s murder, and to provoke broad-based resistance to the victim’s industry,” prosecutors say.
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Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for a status hearing in New York City, Feb. 21, 2025. Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel last year. (Curtis Means/Pool)
The document also claims that the 26-year-old presents “a future danger” because he expressed intent “to target an entire industry, and rally political and social opposition to that industry.”
“[He engaged] in an act of lethal violence; and he took steps to evade law enforcement, flee New York City immediately after the murder, and cross state lines while armed with a privately manufactured firearm and silencer,” the filing states.
Mangione was charged with stalking and murdering Thompson, using interstate travel, electronic communications, and a firearm, per a Southern District of New York filing last week.
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Luigi Mangione, center, leaves Manhattan Criminal Court, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)
On Apr. 1, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the DOJ would urge a jury to seek the death penalty.
“After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President [Donald] Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again,” Bondi said.
Luigi Mangione, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in New York in connection with the Dec. 4 execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (David Dee Delagado for Fox News Digital / Businesswire)
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Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all counts. He is also being charged with offenses in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested at a McDonald’s after a weeklong manhunt in December.
Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Maria Paronich contributed to this report.
