Attorney General Pam Bondi Orders Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione

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Attorney General Pam Bondi has demanded that prosecutors seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man who stands accused of executing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street last year.

“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,” Bondi said in a statement Tuesday. “After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”

Thompson was shot dead by a masked assassin in the early morning hours of Dec. 4 in front of the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel before skulking away and disappearing into Central Park on a CitiBike.

At the time, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the shooting a “premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack.”

Mangione was arrested five days later at an Altoona, PA, McDonald’s after an intense manhunt.

Mangione, 26, has pleaded not guilty to several charges — including first-degree murder and both second and third-degree criminal possession of a firearm— in a case that has captivated the nation and sparked multiple documentaries.