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NEW YORK CITY – Luigi Mangione<\/a> is expected to plead guilty in federal court in the case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing, according to a report by The New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n Luigi Mangione plea deal? <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The Times reported the news on Thursday, a day before Mangione is scheduled to make an appearance in Manhattan federal court.\u00a0<\/p>\n A hearing scheduled in Luigi Mangione’s federal case could signal a possible plea deal for the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer. FOX 5 NY’s Jessica Formoso reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n The last-minute hearing fueled speculation about a possible deal with federal prosecutors to avoid a trial, which was due to start in January. It was scheduled at the request of both prosecutors and Mangione’s defense team.\u00a0<\/p>\n Luigi Mangione update <\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n The Times’ report did not specify which charges Mangione would plead guilty to. It was also not immediately clear how a guilty plea in federal court would impact Mangione’s New York state trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 11: Luigi Mangione (C) attends a pre-trial appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court on August 11, 2026 in New York City. Mangione is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and faces state and federal <\/p>\n FOX 5 New York has yet to independently verify the NY Times report.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Mangione’s state trial for the 2024 murder of Thompson is currently scheduled to begin in weeks. However, defense attorneys could be pursuing a double-jeopardy argument in federal court, which may result in a plea deal that gets state charges thrown out.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Tuesday, a judge set jury selection to start Sept. 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n Mangione is accused of stalking and gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n Authorities said shell casings found on the scene were etched with the words “delay,” “deny” and “depose” \u2013 apparently reflecting criticism of the health care industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mangione was arrested five days after the shooting at a McDonald’s in Altoone, Pennsylvania, more than 200 miles west of New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: This story is based on details reported by The New York Times and previous reporting from FOX 5 NY.\u00a0<\/p>\n New York City<\/a>Luigi Mangione Trial<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY – Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty in federal court in the case of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[850,30801,9,24,55,54,12,56,63,618],"class_list":["post-320421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-luigi","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Luigi](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wawwn1b4hgve01m7.jpg\")
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