Fuck Around N' Find Out
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Not sure how this is F@cking around?
The lady put her hand around the end of the door so as not to scratch the other car.
The lady put her hand around the end of the door so as not to scratch the other car.
Yeah the title should be 'be careless and find out'
I'm actually kinda shocked this hasn't been a regular thing in the US.
Or maybe we dont hear about it that often when its done to lower profile individual in the same inndustry
Google "claims adjuster killed".
So where is the part about the moronic driver getting the punch in the head he so richly deserved?
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Mugs, hats, holiday sweaters: CEO shooting merch is for sale online
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Caroline O'Donovan, The Washington Post
Published Dec 10, 2024 • Last updated 22 hours ago • 4 minute read
Even before police identified a person of interest in the hunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, merchandise proclaiming an apparent message that police found at the scene of the shooting began appearing at craft fairs and online shopping platforms.
Pint glasses, wine tumblers, sweatshirts and baseball caps emblazoned with the phrase “Deny, Defend, Depose” – words written on ammunition casings found near where Thompson was shot in midtown Manhattan – popped up on eBay, Etsy, TikTok and Amazon.
The phrase could be a reference to tactics health insurers have used to decline or limit medical claims. The motivations for the killing, in which a 26-year-old, manifesto-carrying suspect named Luigi Mangione was identified on Monday, are unconfirmed.
While it’s unclear how much of the “Deny, Defend, Depose” merchandise was purchased, its spread across online storefronts echoes the swell of anger at health insurance companies and support for the shooter on social media.
Even before much was known about the killer’s motivations or identity, some reacted to the shooting by venting frustrations about health insurance and the U.S. health system.
Amazon removed the merchandise after being reached for comment by The Washington Post. The company said the products violated their guidelines, but declined to specify which. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Post.
Online searches for the words “deny defend depose” started climbing Thursday after the ammunition was recovered at the crime scene. By Sunday afternoon, a shopper on Amazon could order a “Deny Defend Depose T-Shirt” that the listing described as related to “Healthcare Insurance Awareness” for $24.55.
A “Vibrant Color Vinyl Detail for Cars” with the three-word slogan was $6.99 and a “United Healthcare Parody Deny Defend Depose Wine Tumbler” described as a gift “For Auntie” was $12.59.
By Monday, all three items, as well as baseball caps and sweatshirts bearing the three words had been removed from the site.
The owner of Chudly.com, a novelty apparel website, told The Post that he sold six “Deny. Defend. Depose.” hats for $24.99 on Amazon before receiving an email Sunday night saying the listing was being taken down.
“It was only up for about 12 hours,” said the owner, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concern for his safety.
The email from Amazon, seen by The Post, said, “We took this action because this product is not permitted for sale on Amazon.com. It is your obligation to make sure the products you offer comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and Amazon’s policies.”
Though the email doesn’t specify why the hat isn’t permitted, its designer said he assumes Amazon “labeled it as an offensive product.”
The seller said he had already printed the six hats he sold on Amazon and they are ready to be shipped. His hats were still available on Etsy, a platform for handmade goods, and direct on the website Monday, he said.
Shoppers on Monday afternoon could also find buttons, necklaces and Christmas tree ornaments on Etsy that said “Deny. Defend. Depose.” One sweatshirt with the slogan featured an image of a guillotine.
Also on Monday on TikTok Shop, the video-based social network’s e-commerce feed, a “Deny Defend Depose” shirt with an illustration of a guillotine was discounted as part of the seller’s “Holiday Haul.”
The app also promoted Monday a number of “flash sales” on apparel featuring an illustration of the shooting itself captioned with the phrase, selling for anywhere between $3.42 and $16.90. A holiday sweatshirt reading “‘Tis the Season, Deny. Defend. Depose” picturing reindeer and the scales of justice was also offered.
One of the sweatshirts has sold more than 1,000 times, according to TikTok’s sales data.
The TikTok Shop seller behind the “TheSleepyKuma” store was hawking a “Deny Defend Depose keychain” in the shape of three bullets on Monday for $10.00. “If you knew me at all, you knew these key chains were coming,” the seller said in a short video posted to the site. “Frankly, I’m surprised he didn’t see it coming.”
“My condolences and sympathy is unfortunately not in-network, so you’ll have to meet your deductible first,” the caption on the video said, apparently in reference to common health insurer polices. The seller did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Shirts, stickers, mugs, phone cases, and lawn signs reading “Deny Defend Depose” were also available for sale on eBay on Monday.
A spokesperson for eBay, Scott Overland, said in a statement that its policies do not ban the sale of items featuring the phrase “Deny, Defend, Depose.” But “items that glorify or incite violence, including those that celebrate the recent murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson, are prohibited,” he said.
TikTok and Etsy did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The phrase “delay, deny, defend” is also the title of a 2010 book about the insurance industry by Rutgers Law professor Jay Feinman. Though the book doesn’t focus on health insurance, paper copies are sold out on Amazon. The title is available on Kindle, while on Monday hard copies were available on eBay for $999 and $1,776.
As of Monday, there were multiple songs titled “Deny, Defend, Depose” available on Amazon and Spotify for streaming.
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Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Caroline O'Donovan, The Washington Post
Published Dec 10, 2024 • Last updated 22 hours ago • 4 minute read
Even before police identified a person of interest in the hunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, merchandise proclaiming an apparent message that police found at the scene of the shooting began appearing at craft fairs and online shopping platforms.
Pint glasses, wine tumblers, sweatshirts and baseball caps emblazoned with the phrase “Deny, Defend, Depose” – words written on ammunition casings found near where Thompson was shot in midtown Manhattan – popped up on eBay, Etsy, TikTok and Amazon.
The phrase could be a reference to tactics health insurers have used to decline or limit medical claims. The motivations for the killing, in which a 26-year-old, manifesto-carrying suspect named Luigi Mangione was identified on Monday, are unconfirmed.
While it’s unclear how much of the “Deny, Defend, Depose” merchandise was purchased, its spread across online storefronts echoes the swell of anger at health insurance companies and support for the shooter on social media.
Even before much was known about the killer’s motivations or identity, some reacted to the shooting by venting frustrations about health insurance and the U.S. health system.
Amazon removed the merchandise after being reached for comment by The Washington Post. The company said the products violated their guidelines, but declined to specify which. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Post.
Online searches for the words “deny defend depose” started climbing Thursday after the ammunition was recovered at the crime scene. By Sunday afternoon, a shopper on Amazon could order a “Deny Defend Depose T-Shirt” that the listing described as related to “Healthcare Insurance Awareness” for $24.55.
A “Vibrant Color Vinyl Detail for Cars” with the three-word slogan was $6.99 and a “United Healthcare Parody Deny Defend Depose Wine Tumbler” described as a gift “For Auntie” was $12.59.
By Monday, all three items, as well as baseball caps and sweatshirts bearing the three words had been removed from the site.
The owner of Chudly.com, a novelty apparel website, told The Post that he sold six “Deny. Defend. Depose.” hats for $24.99 on Amazon before receiving an email Sunday night saying the listing was being taken down.
“It was only up for about 12 hours,” said the owner, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concern for his safety.
The email from Amazon, seen by The Post, said, “We took this action because this product is not permitted for sale on Amazon.com. It is your obligation to make sure the products you offer comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and Amazon’s policies.”
Though the email doesn’t specify why the hat isn’t permitted, its designer said he assumes Amazon “labeled it as an offensive product.”
The seller said he had already printed the six hats he sold on Amazon and they are ready to be shipped. His hats were still available on Etsy, a platform for handmade goods, and direct on the website Monday, he said.
Shoppers on Monday afternoon could also find buttons, necklaces and Christmas tree ornaments on Etsy that said “Deny. Defend. Depose.” One sweatshirt with the slogan featured an image of a guillotine.
Also on Monday on TikTok Shop, the video-based social network’s e-commerce feed, a “Deny Defend Depose” shirt with an illustration of a guillotine was discounted as part of the seller’s “Holiday Haul.”
The app also promoted Monday a number of “flash sales” on apparel featuring an illustration of the shooting itself captioned with the phrase, selling for anywhere between $3.42 and $16.90. A holiday sweatshirt reading “‘Tis the Season, Deny. Defend. Depose” picturing reindeer and the scales of justice was also offered.
One of the sweatshirts has sold more than 1,000 times, according to TikTok’s sales data.
The TikTok Shop seller behind the “TheSleepyKuma” store was hawking a “Deny Defend Depose keychain” in the shape of three bullets on Monday for $10.00. “If you knew me at all, you knew these key chains were coming,” the seller said in a short video posted to the site. “Frankly, I’m surprised he didn’t see it coming.”
“My condolences and sympathy is unfortunately not in-network, so you’ll have to meet your deductible first,” the caption on the video said, apparently in reference to common health insurer polices. The seller did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Shirts, stickers, mugs, phone cases, and lawn signs reading “Deny Defend Depose” were also available for sale on eBay on Monday.
A spokesperson for eBay, Scott Overland, said in a statement that its policies do not ban the sale of items featuring the phrase “Deny, Defend, Depose.” But “items that glorify or incite violence, including those that celebrate the recent murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson, are prohibited,” he said.
TikTok and Etsy did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The phrase “delay, deny, defend” is also the title of a 2010 book about the insurance industry by Rutgers Law professor Jay Feinman. Though the book doesn’t focus on health insurance, paper copies are sold out on Amazon. The title is available on Kindle, while on Monday hard copies were available on eBay for $999 and $1,776.
As of Monday, there were multiple songs titled “Deny, Defend, Depose” available on Amazon and Spotify for streaming.
Mugs, hats, holiday sweaters: CEO shooting merch is for sale online
Merchandise proclaiming apparent message that police found at scene of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's shooting began appearing online
The twisted Tiger Beat fangirls of accused assassin Luigi Mangione
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Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Dec 11, 2024 • Last updated 20 hours ago • 3 minute read
They weep, they cry, and they gush in a peculiar obtuse manner.
These are the fan girls of accused cold-blooded assassin Luigi Mangione
They are undergrads (natch!), professors, journalists and a potpourri of leftists who believe that, by God, murder is OK. And if the suspected shooter is “hot”, even better.
But the gruesome facts aren’t Tiger Beat tidy.
On Dec. 4, in the early morning hours on a Manhattan street, an assassin walked up behind UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, and squeezed the trigger several times.
The controversial exec was D.O.A.
A five-day manhunt ensued and the 26-year-old Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s in blue-collar Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Mangione is a rich kid, a child of extreme privilege. An Ivy League student, his private (and pricey) all-boys high school’s valedictorian.
And to hear his fangirls tell it, he is dreamy.
Academics had some odd views on the tragedy of a father-of-two coldly slaughtered on a New York street.
Calling herself “The Soviette”, University of Pennsylvania professor Julia Alekseyeva took to TikTok and smiled as the Les Miserables song Do You Hear the People Sing? plays in the background.
The self-described “socialist and ardent fascist” wrote: “Have never been prouder to be a professor at the University of Pennsylvania [Mangione attended the Ivy League school).”
SMITTEN: University of Pennsylvania professor Julia Alekseyeva said Mangione was the “icon we need and deserve”. OK. upenn
SMITTEN: University of Pennsylvania professor Julia Alekseyeva said Mangione was the “icon we need and deserve”. OK. upenn
And she called the accused killer the “icon we need and deserve”.
Eyal Yakoby countered: “To anyone wondering how America’s youth becomes so radical to murder someone, it is because of the extremist professors.”
Of course, the world of “journalism” wasn’t far behind. American journalistic curiosity — and fellow rich kid — Taylor Lorenz told a shocked Piers Morgan Thompson’s murder caused her “joy”.
Lorenz told Morgan on Monday: “I do believe in the sanctity of life and I think that’s why I felt, along with so many other Americans, joy, unfortunately. Maybe not joy but certainly not empathy.”
FANGIRL: Kinda journalist Taylor Lorenz told Piers Morgan she felt “joy” at insurance CEO Brian Thompsons murder. screengrab
FANGIRL: Kinda journalist Taylor Lorenz told Piers Morgan she felt “joy” at insurance CEO Brian Thompsons murder. screengrab
The veteran newsman responded: “How could this make you joyfully? This guy is a husband, he’s a father, and he’s been gunned down in the middle of Manhattan. Why does that make you joyful?”
The 50-year-old former tech journalism golden girl blamed the ruthless U.S. health-industrial complex for her sour disposition and heartless outlook.
“So are the tens of thousands of Americans, innocent Americans, who died because greedy health insurance executives like this one push a policy of denying care to the most vulnerable people,” po-faced Lorenz added.
But it is American university campuses where Luigi Mania runs deepest.
One fangirl wrote: ‘Luigi Mangione is an Ivy League Italian frat boy who’s [a] huge bookworm, loves reading comics and Pokémon also does weightlifting. That man is literally handmade for me and they just put him behind the bars.”
Another added: “I hope the UHC assassin can get online and see how much we all love him and everyone finds him hot.”
Some are even begging reality TV and one-time sex tape queen Kim Kardashian to ride to Mangione’s rescue because “he’s too hot for prison”.
But the rich kids’ Robespierre is unravelling and all the groupies in the world can’t help him.
NYPD homicide detectives have linked fingerprints at the crime scene to the suspected killer. They have the gun, the bullets, the manifesto.
Mangione is now in maximum security at a Pennsylvania prison while he awaits extradition to New York where he faces murder charges.
Still, a friend from Hawaii named Jackie Wexler said: “It just makes me sad to think how alone he must feel.”
Indeed.
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Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Dec 11, 2024 • Last updated 20 hours ago • 3 minute read
They weep, they cry, and they gush in a peculiar obtuse manner.
These are the fan girls of accused cold-blooded assassin Luigi Mangione
They are undergrads (natch!), professors, journalists and a potpourri of leftists who believe that, by God, murder is OK. And if the suspected shooter is “hot”, even better.
But the gruesome facts aren’t Tiger Beat tidy.
On Dec. 4, in the early morning hours on a Manhattan street, an assassin walked up behind UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, and squeezed the trigger several times.
The controversial exec was D.O.A.
A five-day manhunt ensued and the 26-year-old Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s in blue-collar Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Mangione is a rich kid, a child of extreme privilege. An Ivy League student, his private (and pricey) all-boys high school’s valedictorian.
And to hear his fangirls tell it, he is dreamy.
Academics had some odd views on the tragedy of a father-of-two coldly slaughtered on a New York street.
Calling herself “The Soviette”, University of Pennsylvania professor Julia Alekseyeva took to TikTok and smiled as the Les Miserables song Do You Hear the People Sing? plays in the background.
The self-described “socialist and ardent fascist” wrote: “Have never been prouder to be a professor at the University of Pennsylvania [Mangione attended the Ivy League school).”
SMITTEN: University of Pennsylvania professor Julia Alekseyeva said Mangione was the “icon we need and deserve”. OK. upenn
SMITTEN: University of Pennsylvania professor Julia Alekseyeva said Mangione was the “icon we need and deserve”. OK. upenn
And she called the accused killer the “icon we need and deserve”.
Eyal Yakoby countered: “To anyone wondering how America’s youth becomes so radical to murder someone, it is because of the extremist professors.”
Of course, the world of “journalism” wasn’t far behind. American journalistic curiosity — and fellow rich kid — Taylor Lorenz told a shocked Piers Morgan Thompson’s murder caused her “joy”.
Lorenz told Morgan on Monday: “I do believe in the sanctity of life and I think that’s why I felt, along with so many other Americans, joy, unfortunately. Maybe not joy but certainly not empathy.”
FANGIRL: Kinda journalist Taylor Lorenz told Piers Morgan she felt “joy” at insurance CEO Brian Thompsons murder. screengrab
FANGIRL: Kinda journalist Taylor Lorenz told Piers Morgan she felt “joy” at insurance CEO Brian Thompsons murder. screengrab
The veteran newsman responded: “How could this make you joyfully? This guy is a husband, he’s a father, and he’s been gunned down in the middle of Manhattan. Why does that make you joyful?”
The 50-year-old former tech journalism golden girl blamed the ruthless U.S. health-industrial complex for her sour disposition and heartless outlook.
“So are the tens of thousands of Americans, innocent Americans, who died because greedy health insurance executives like this one push a policy of denying care to the most vulnerable people,” po-faced Lorenz added.
But it is American university campuses where Luigi Mania runs deepest.
One fangirl wrote: ‘Luigi Mangione is an Ivy League Italian frat boy who’s [a] huge bookworm, loves reading comics and Pokémon also does weightlifting. That man is literally handmade for me and they just put him behind the bars.”
Another added: “I hope the UHC assassin can get online and see how much we all love him and everyone finds him hot.”
Some are even begging reality TV and one-time sex tape queen Kim Kardashian to ride to Mangione’s rescue because “he’s too hot for prison”.
But the rich kids’ Robespierre is unravelling and all the groupies in the world can’t help him.
NYPD homicide detectives have linked fingerprints at the crime scene to the suspected killer. They have the gun, the bullets, the manifesto.
Mangione is now in maximum security at a Pennsylvania prison while he awaits extradition to New York where he faces murder charges.
Still, a friend from Hawaii named Jackie Wexler said: “It just makes me sad to think how alone he must feel.”
Indeed.
bhunter@postmedia.com
@HunterTOSun
HUNTER: The twisted Tiger Beat fangirls of accused assassin Luigi Mangione
They weep, they cry, and they gush in their peculiar obtuse manner. These are the fan girls of accused cold-blooded assassin Luigi Mangione
You know we've really gone downhill when people applaud someone who was murdered!! Turns out, there really wasn't a reason for him to be killed, because the killer had all his medical covered by this healthcare provider so we're really not sure why he did the deed. It'll be interesting to find out what his reason was, if he ever discloses it.
Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michael R. Sisak and Alanna Durkin Richer
Published Apr 01, 2025 • Last updated 21 hours ago • 3 minute read
NEW YORK — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through on the president’s campaign promise to vigorously pursue capital punishment.
It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death penalty since President Donald Trump returned to office in January with a vow to resume federal executions after they were halted under the previous administration.
“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 described Thompson’s killing as “an act of political violence.”
Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, faces separate federal and state murder charges after authorities say he gunned down Thompson, 50, outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4 as the executive arrived for UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor conference.
Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said Tuesday that in seeking the death penalty “the Justice Department has moved from the dysfunctional to the barbaric.”
Mangione “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,” Friedman Agnifilo said in a statement, vowing to fight all charges against him.
The killing and ensuing five-day manhunt leading to Mangione’s arrest rattled the business community, with some health insurers hastily switching to remote work or online shareholder meetings. It also galvanized health insurance critics — some of whom have rallied around Mangione as a stand-in for frustrations over coverage denials and hefty medical bills.
Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting Thompson from behind. Police say the words “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were scrawled on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims.
Mangione’s federal charges include murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. The state charges carry a maximum punishment of life in prison. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to a state indictment and has not yet been required to enter a plea on the federal charges.
Prosecutors have said the two cases will proceed on parallel tracks, with the state case expected to go to trial first. It wasn’t immediately clear if Bondi’s announcement will change the order.
Mangione was arrested Dec. 9 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, bout 370 kilometres west of New York City and whisked to Manhattan by plane and helicopter.
Police said Mangione had a 9mm handgun that matched the one used in the shooting and other items including a notebook in which they say he expressed hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.
Among the entries, prosecutors said, was one from August 2024 that said “the target is insurance” because “it checks every box” and one from October that describes an intent to “wack” an insurance company CEO. UnitedHealthcare, the largest U.S. health insurer, has said Mangione was never a client.
Mangione’s lawyer has said she would seek to suppress some of the evidence.
Former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed the federal case against Mangione but left it to Trump and his administration to decide whether to seek the death penalty. Because the federal case had been taking a backseat to the state case, federal prosecutors have yet to seek a grand jury indictment, which is required for capital cases.
Trump oversaw an unprecedented run of 13 executions at the end of his first term and has been an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment. Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office on Jan. 20 that compels the Justice Department to seek the death penalty in federal cases where applicable.
Bondi’s order comes weeks after she lifted a Biden-era moratorium on federal executions.
Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment but took no major steps to that end. While Attorney General Merrick Garland halted federal executions in 2021, Biden’s Justice Department at the same time fought vigorously to maintain the sentences of death row inmates in many cases.
In his final weeks in office, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life in prison.
The three inmates that remain are Dylann Roof, who carried out the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michael R. Sisak and Alanna Durkin Richer
Published Apr 01, 2025 • Last updated 21 hours ago • 3 minute read
NEW YORK — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through on the president’s campaign promise to vigorously pursue capital punishment.
It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death penalty since President Donald Trump returned to office in January with a vow to resume federal executions after they were halted under the previous administration.
“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 described Thompson’s killing as “an act of political violence.”
Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, faces separate federal and state murder charges after authorities say he gunned down Thompson, 50, outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4 as the executive arrived for UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor conference.
Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said Tuesday that in seeking the death penalty “the Justice Department has moved from the dysfunctional to the barbaric.”
Mangione “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,” Friedman Agnifilo said in a statement, vowing to fight all charges against him.
The killing and ensuing five-day manhunt leading to Mangione’s arrest rattled the business community, with some health insurers hastily switching to remote work or online shareholder meetings. It also galvanized health insurance critics — some of whom have rallied around Mangione as a stand-in for frustrations over coverage denials and hefty medical bills.
Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting Thompson from behind. Police say the words “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were scrawled on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims.
Mangione’s federal charges include murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. The state charges carry a maximum punishment of life in prison. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to a state indictment and has not yet been required to enter a plea on the federal charges.
Prosecutors have said the two cases will proceed on parallel tracks, with the state case expected to go to trial first. It wasn’t immediately clear if Bondi’s announcement will change the order.
Mangione was arrested Dec. 9 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, bout 370 kilometres west of New York City and whisked to Manhattan by plane and helicopter.
Police said Mangione had a 9mm handgun that matched the one used in the shooting and other items including a notebook in which they say he expressed hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.
Among the entries, prosecutors said, was one from August 2024 that said “the target is insurance” because “it checks every box” and one from October that describes an intent to “wack” an insurance company CEO. UnitedHealthcare, the largest U.S. health insurer, has said Mangione was never a client.
Mangione’s lawyer has said she would seek to suppress some of the evidence.
Former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed the federal case against Mangione but left it to Trump and his administration to decide whether to seek the death penalty. Because the federal case had been taking a backseat to the state case, federal prosecutors have yet to seek a grand jury indictment, which is required for capital cases.
Trump oversaw an unprecedented run of 13 executions at the end of his first term and has been an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment. Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office on Jan. 20 that compels the Justice Department to seek the death penalty in federal cases where applicable.
Bondi’s order comes weeks after she lifted a Biden-era moratorium on federal executions.
Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment but took no major steps to that end. While Attorney General Merrick Garland halted federal executions in 2021, Biden’s Justice Department at the same time fought vigorously to maintain the sentences of death row inmates in many cases.
In his final weeks in office, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life in prison.
The three inmates that remain are Dylann Roof, who carried out the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history.
Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione.
Hang 'm high! Public lynching.Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michael R. Sisak and Alanna Durkin Richer
Published Apr 01, 2025 • Last updated 21 hours ago • 3 minute read
NEW YORK — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through on the president’s campaign promise to vigorously pursue capital punishment.
It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death penalty since President Donald Trump returned to office in January with a vow to resume federal executions after they were halted under the previous administration.
“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 described Thompson’s killing as “an act of political violence.”
Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, faces separate federal and state murder charges after authorities say he gunned down Thompson, 50, outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4 as the executive arrived for UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor conference.
Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said Tuesday that in seeking the death penalty “the Justice Department has moved from the dysfunctional to the barbaric.”
Mangione “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,” Friedman Agnifilo said in a statement, vowing to fight all charges against him.
The killing and ensuing five-day manhunt leading to Mangione’s arrest rattled the business community, with some health insurers hastily switching to remote work or online shareholder meetings. It also galvanized health insurance critics — some of whom have rallied around Mangione as a stand-in for frustrations over coverage denials and hefty medical bills.
Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting Thompson from behind. Police say the words “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were scrawled on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims.
Mangione’s federal charges include murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. The state charges carry a maximum punishment of life in prison. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to a state indictment and has not yet been required to enter a plea on the federal charges.
Prosecutors have said the two cases will proceed on parallel tracks, with the state case expected to go to trial first. It wasn’t immediately clear if Bondi’s announcement will change the order.
Mangione was arrested Dec. 9 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, bout 370 kilometres west of New York City and whisked to Manhattan by plane and helicopter.
Police said Mangione had a 9mm handgun that matched the one used in the shooting and other items including a notebook in which they say he expressed hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.
Among the entries, prosecutors said, was one from August 2024 that said “the target is insurance” because “it checks every box” and one from October that describes an intent to “wack” an insurance company CEO. UnitedHealthcare, the largest U.S. health insurer, has said Mangione was never a client.
Mangione’s lawyer has said she would seek to suppress some of the evidence.
Former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed the federal case against Mangione but left it to Trump and his administration to decide whether to seek the death penalty. Because the federal case had been taking a backseat to the state case, federal prosecutors have yet to seek a grand jury indictment, which is required for capital cases.
Trump oversaw an unprecedented run of 13 executions at the end of his first term and has been an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment. Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office on Jan. 20 that compels the Justice Department to seek the death penalty in federal cases where applicable.
Bondi’s order comes weeks after she lifted a Biden-era moratorium on federal executions.
Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment but took no major steps to that end. While Attorney General Merrick Garland halted federal executions in 2021, Biden’s Justice Department at the same time fought vigorously to maintain the sentences of death row inmates in many cases.
In his final weeks in office, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life in prison.
The three inmates that remain are Dylann Roof, who carried out the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history.
Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione.