U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett said she was postponing the federal trial so Mangione\u2019s lawyers can focus on his state murder trial<\/a>, which is scheduled to begin on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n Jury selection in the federal case will begin on Jan. 5, instead of Oct. 13, followed by opening statements and testimony on Jan. 25, instead of Nov. 4, Garnett said at a hearing in Manhattan.<\/p>\n Garnett said she will not release the questionnaire that prospective jurors will be required to fill out until after the panel is chosen. Having it circulating online for months before jury selection \u201cwould only make what promises to be a difficult task more difficult,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Reporters and others wait outside of a federal courthouse during a hearing for Luigi Mangione in New York, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)\n<\/p>\n Karen Friedman Agnifilo, center, and Jacob Kaplan, left, lawyers for Luigi Mangione, are surrounded by media as they leave a federal courthouse in New York, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)\n<\/p>\n Marc Agnifilo, center right, and Karen Friedman Agnifilo, center left, lawyers for Luigi Mangione, are surrounded by media as they leave a federal courthouse in New York, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)\n<\/p>\n A woman wearing a \u201cFree Luigi\u201d pin talks to reporters outside a federal courthouse in New York, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)\n<\/p>\n FILE \u2013 Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on June 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)\n<\/p>\n Show Caption<\/p>\n 1 of 5<\/p>\n Reporters and others wait outside of a federal courthouse during a hearing for Luigi Mangione in New York, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)\n<\/p>\n Expand<\/a><\/p>\n The hearing started about a half-hour late after Mangione got stuck in a courthouse elevator. He appeared bemused as a pair of deputy U.S. Marshals belatedly led him into the courtroom. He briefly gazed at the courtroom gallery, where about two dozen of his supporters<\/a> were sitting.<\/p>\n Garnett said she had hoped with \u201cundue optimism\u201d to hold the federal trial in the fall but that \u201cwe can no longer wait to see what happens\u201d in the state case.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my view it\u2019s simply impossible to be moving through the jury selection process in this case while the defendant and his counsel are fully occupied by conducting the state trial,\u201d Garnett said.<\/p>\n Mangione\u2019s lawyers declined to comment to reporters afterward.<\/p>\n Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges in the Dec. 4, 2024, killing. He could spend his life in prison if convicted in either case.<\/p>\n Wearing a beige jail suit, the 28-year-old Ivy League graduate appeared energetic and engaged during Monday\u2019s short hearing. He watched keenly at times, knitting his fingers and resting his chin upon them.<\/p>\n He spoke animatedly with his lawyers, Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Marc Agnifilo, before the proceeding began, gesturing with his hands as he sat between them at the defense table.<\/p>\n Mangione\u2019s federal charges allege that he traveled across state lines by bus to stalk and kill Thompson and that he used means such as a cellphone, the internet, interstate highways and stayed at a hostel that serves out-of-state customers while planning and carrying out the attack.<\/p>\n At a hearing in the state case in February, Mangione spoke out against the prospect of two trials, telling the judge: \u201cIt\u2019s the same trial twice. One plus one is two. Double jeopardy by any commonsense definition.\u201d<\/p>\n Mangione\u2019s lawyers had argued that back-to-back trials on a compressed timeline would violate his constitutional rights.<\/p>\n Thompson, 50, was killed as he walked to a Manhattan hotel for UnitedHealth Group\u2019s annual investor conference.<\/p>\n Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind. Police say \u201cdelay,\u201d \u201cdeny\u201d and \u201cdepose\u201d were written on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase used to describe how insurers avoid paying claims.<\/p>\n![\"Reporters](\"https:\/\/www.times-standard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UnitedHealthcare_CEO_Killed__4165.jpg?w=620\")
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