CEO killing: Luigi Mangione in NY court, faces federal charges including stalking, murder | LIVE

Luigi Mangione is present making his archetypal quality successful Manhattan national tribunal Thursday, hours aft the unsealing of a transgression ailment charging the 26 twelvemonth aged with stalking and murdering Brian Thompson.

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Luigi Mangione, the fishy successful the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is charged successful a four-count national transgression ailment with stalking, execution done the usage of a firearm and a firearms discourtesy involving a silencer.

The national ailment contains antecedently unreleased excerpts from the notebook that constabulary said they seized from Mangione. Authorities said the writings "express hostility towards the wellness security manufacture and affluent executives successful particular."

According to the complaint, an introduction marked Aug. 15, 2024, said "the details are yet coming together," and, "I'm gladsome -- successful a mode -- that I've procrastinated, bc [because] it allowed maine to larn much astir [acronym for Company-1]."

Luigi Mangione, a fishy successful the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is escorted by police, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, successful New York.

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The introduction besides said that "the people is insurance" due to the fact that "it checks each box," the ailment said. In an introduction marked Oct. 22, 2024, the writings said, "1.5 months. This capitalist league is simply a existent windfall ... and -- astir importantly -- the connection becomes aforesaid evident."

Mangione waived extradition connected Thursday greeting and was transported via level and chopper from Pennsylvania to New York.

Luigi Mangione leaves Pennsylvania courthouse aft waiving extradition aft hearing

He is expected to marque his archetypal quality successful national tribunal successful little Manhattan Thursday afternoon.

Earlier successful the day, Mangione was remanded to the custody of the NYPD, said his Pennsylvania defence attorney, Thomas Dickey.

Mangione stood arsenic the justice work him his rights. The Ivy League postgraduate answered "yes" erstwhile asked if helium understood and answered "yes" erstwhile asked if helium wanted to waive extradition.

NYPD officers sat successful the beforehand of the courtroom and took custody of Mangione aft his appearance.

Spectators gathered extracurricular the courthouse arsenic Mangione was taken inside.

One idiosyncratic held a motion speechmaking "Deny, Defend, Depose," echoing the words written connected ammunition casings and a slug astatine the execution scene.

Adam Giesseman, who had a motion that said "Free Luigi" and "Murder for Profit is Terrorism," told ABC News, "Our state is broken."

A peculiar variation of "20/20" airing Dec. 19 astatine 10 p.m. ET connected ABC looks astatine the execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the manhunt that led to the apprehension of Luigi Mangione, who went from the Ivy League to alleged killer.

Another waiting spectator, who lone gave her archetypal name, Natalie, voiced vexation that the security strategy is "set up for nett implicit people's health."

"It's unfortunate that this happened, and I'm not glorifying it successful immoderate mode -- but it's brought attraction to the contented that affects each Americans," she said.

The national transgression ailment alleged Mangione traveled from Georgia to New York to stalk and termination Thompson.

The national charges could marque Mangione eligible for the decease penalty. He faces a maximum condemnation of beingness successful situation without parole if convicted of the authorities charges.

Mangione's New York lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said successful a statement, "The national government's reported determination to heap connected apical of an already overcharged first-degree execution and authorities panic lawsuit is highly antithetic and raises superior law and statutory treble jeopardy concerns."

"We are acceptable to combat these charges successful immoderate tribunal they are brought," Agnifilo added.

Danielle Filson, a spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, said, "The authorities lawsuit volition proceed successful parallel with immoderate national case."

Mangione, 26, is accused of gunning down Thompson extracurricular a Hilton edifice connected Dec. 4 arsenic the UnitedHealthcare CEO headed to an investors conference. Prosecutors alleged Mangione waited astir an hr for Thompson to arrive.

A Manhattan expansive assemblage upgraded charges against Mangione to see first-degree execution successful furtherance of terrorism, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

The sidesplitting successful the bosom of Midtown Manhattan was "intended to evoke terror," Bragg said.

In New York, Mangione is besides charged with 2 counts of second-degree murder, 1 of which is charged arsenic sidesplitting arsenic an enactment of terrorism; 2 counts of transgression possession of a limb successful the 2nd degree; 4 counts of transgression possession of a limb successful the 3rd degree; 1 number of transgression possession of a limb successful the 4th degree; and 1 number of transgression possession of a forged instrumentality successful the 2nd degree.

In Pennsylvania, wherever Mangione was arrested connected Dec. 9 aft astir a week connected the run, helium faces charges including allegedly possessing an untraceable shade gun. Mangione had a 9 mm handgun with a 3D-printed receiver, a homemade silencer, 2 ammunition magazines and unrecorded cartridges erstwhile apprehended, prosecutors said.

Mangione's lawsuit successful Pennsylvania volition beryllium kept active; astatine the decision of his proceedings successful New York, prosecutors would find however to proceed, Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks said connected Thursday.

Mangione's adjacent proceeding successful Pennsylvania is scheduled for Feb. 24. This proceeding whitethorn get postponed oregon beryllium conducted arsenic a distant Zoom quality fixed the impracticality of returning Mangione to Pennsylvania for an in-person hearing, Weeks said.

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