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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that federal prosecutors will pursue the death penalty for Luigi Mangione if he is convicted of the December murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione faces multiple federal charges, including murder with a firearm, a crime that qualifies for capital punishment upon conviction.
«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. «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.»
Mangione is accused of gunning Thompson down outside a Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024, as Thompson was heading to an investors conference. Prosecutors say the murder was politically motivated and premeditated, endangering bystanders. Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pa., five days later.
The Biden administration filed federal murder charges against Mangione in December.
The Department of Justice said the move to seek the death penalty against Mangione is “in line with Attorney General Bondi’s Day One Memo as Attorney General entitled ‘Reviving The Federal Death Penalty And Lifting The Moratorium On Federal Executions.
