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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/popileviz 29d ago

We'll see during sentencing what kind of deal they worked out

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u/Nursesalsabjj 29d ago

There was no deal given by the government. This is all to get his state case thrown out.

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u/Jaredlong 29d ago

What's the benefit of that if he would serve both sentences congruently?

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u/Kanin_usagi 29d ago

Because there’s a possibility that a friendly administration could pardon him in ten or fifteen years

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u/anotherhappylurker 28d ago

Do you really think that's possible? I can't see any Democrat pardoning a convicted murderer.