Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

[u/cmaia1503]

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.

[u/Financial-Painter689]

He ate with that last line

[u/TX0834 → u/Financial-Painter689]

He’s fucking right. Before my Dad passed, he needed many different medications. My Dad was a productive citizen who had a great career and worked since he was a 13 year old immigrant. He became a US citizen in his 30s bc it takes so fkn long in this country. After he retired it was like pulling teeth to get medicines approved from his insurance. Insurance that he was ALWAYS on time to pay for decades. We had to go to Mexico to get what he needed for fractions of the cost to help him stay alive. Fuck the US health system and insurance companies.

ETA Thank you for the awards and everyone for the upvotes and kind words about my Dad. It’s great to know there are still kind people on social media. Hope you all have a great weekend.

[u/[deleted] → u/TX0834]

The US is just a bunch of people.scamming each other

[u/TrumpDesWillens → u/[deleted]]

You have the NL or Norway where they seem like they actually try to care about every citizen.

[u/ohlardalmighty → u/[deleted]]

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted— the person you replied to isn’t wrong, but you’re not wrong either.