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Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty in Federal Case, Admits Killing Insurance CEO

Luigi Mangione admitted in court on Friday to fatally shooting a health insurance executive and pleaded guilty to two federal charges of stalking the executive with the intent to kill him.

The guilty plea will avert a federal trial in the closely watched case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. It could also allow him to seek dismissal of state murder charges and delay an upcoming trial in that case. 

U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett told Mangione that if he pleaded guilty he could face a maximum sentence of life in prison on each count. Garnett set Mangione’s sentencing for Dec. 18.

Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said there was no plea agreement with prosecutors. 

Thompson led UnitedHealth Group’s insurance unit before he was shot dead in the early morning of December 4, 2024, outside the hotel where an investor conference was taking place. Thompson’s widow sat in the front........

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