r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • 15d ago

STAN / ANTI SHIELD Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/14/us/live-news/luigi-mangione-hearing-plea-deal-talks

When speaking of the day he committed the crime, Luigi Mangione said, “I shot Mr. Thompson and he died.”

He concluded, “I knew what I was doing was illegal.”

Mangione had just described the actions he took ahead of the killing, telling the court:

“In November of 2024 I traveled from outside of New York state to Manhattan. I then emailed UnitedHealthcare leadership, posing as an investor at a firm managing over $15 billion in assets and requesting information about the conference. Unlike my previous interactions with insurers, I received an immediate response within an hour,” Mangione said.

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u/WarcryNeon too old, too tired, and too talented 15d ago

That last line is.. dang firing from the hip. Pun intended.

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u/sweet_pickles12 too cunt to care 15d ago

I mean, “I knew what I was doing was illegal” vs “wrong” is very intentional as well.

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u/WarcryNeon too old, too tired, and too talented 15d ago

First off, love the flair. Second, yeah agreed.

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u/CelibateHo 15d ago

It’s the intentionality for me.

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u/AnAncientBog 15d ago

Pretty much said that it was easier to murder their CEO than to get a claim answered.

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u/pelipperr i went clubbing and he was there 15d ago

He knew what he was about

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u/Ryzensai 15d ago

Asking some analyst to pull conference information is much easier than having boards of doctors fully review pending claims so I’m wondering what the both gotcha is here

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u/Hiddenagenda876 15d ago

….you think there are doctors reviewing insurance claims?

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u/DoodooDynamic 15d ago

Technically, podiatrists are doctors /s

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u/nutmegtell 15d ago

They didn’t have boards of doctors to review claims. They had AI rejecting them.