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Luigi Mangione<\/a>, the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges Friday in the Southern District of New York, a turn of events that could have serious implications in his upcoming state trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n Luigi Mangione guilty plea? <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The New York Times<\/a> first reported Thursday that Mangione was expected to plead guilty at the hearing, but it did not specify what he would plead guilty to.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the federal case, Mangione is charged with two counts of stalking resulting in death, which could result in life in prison if found guilty.<\/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 Double jeopardy? <\/p>\n Big picture view:<\/p>\n A guilty plea in federal court could short-circuit Mangione’s imminent New York state trial, where he faces charges including second-degree murder for the 2024 killing of Brian Thompson.<\/p>\n Mangione’s attorneys would likely argue that, under New York’s strong double-jeopardy laws, he cannot be tried by the state after pleading guilty in the federal case.<\/p>\n The Manhattan District Attorney is likely to contend that Mangione could still be tried because the federal case relates to stalking, while the state charged him with murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n The state trial is currently set to start in September.<\/p>\n Luigi Mangione case <\/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 Altoona, Pennsylvania, more than 200 miles west of New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: This article includes information reported by The New York Times and Fox 5 NY’s Robert Moses.\u00a0<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>New York<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luigi Mangione, the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges Friday in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[850,75,84,83,9,24,12,56,63,618],"class_list":["post-321347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321347","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=321347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Will](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cl9o0dp4dwg1v13p.jpg\")
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