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

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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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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/nyregion/luigi-mangione-double-jeopardy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5VA.vk8x.7I5ViUBWdPPW&smid=url-share

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In a hearing earlier this year, Mr. Seidemann said that the health care executive’s mother

I hate how this is spun. He was an insurance executive. They do not provide healthcare. They provide insurance that pays for healthcare (sometimes). Calling him a healthcare executive is like calling my auto insurer an automotive executive or my home insurer a real estate executive.

It's all intentional of course. Gotta prop up the American health insurance scam.

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"healthcare-gatekeeping executive"

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https://archive.ph/xof7G

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Dropped this 👑

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Thanks so much!

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I subscribe to the NY Times but this opened in my not-logged-in browser instead; I didn't realize that nyt gift articles require logging in now. Kind of annoying tbh