All posts tagged "Luigi Mangione"

Federal prosecutors are pushing back on claims that online posts from Trump administration officials could jeopardize the prosecution of Luigi Magione, who was charged for the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, NBC News reported Thursday.

An attorney for Mangione told NBC News Thursday that, in regards to the allegations that the online posts could threaten their client’s chance at a fair trial, they would “be filing a letter with the court in short order.”

President Donald Trump weighed in on the case last month when he told Fox News that Mangione had “shot [Thompson] right in the middle of the back,” a claim that Mangione's attorneys argued inferred their client’s guilt. ...

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is under fire by a federal judge after uncovering "multiple employees ... may have violated" local rules guaranteeing a right to a fair trial for so-called "healthcare shooter" Luigi Mangione.

U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Garnett wrote on Wednesday that Mangione documented several incidents in which members of the Southern District of New York made public statements that are in violation of Criminal Rule 23.1.

The judge shredded the DOJ, saying that she issued an order on "April 25, 2025, specifically identifying the strictures of this rule for counsel and directing the prosecution team to ensure that the highest levels of the Department of Justice, up to and including Attorney General Bondi, were aware of and understood they were bound by this Rule."...

A breast cancer surgeon had to "scrub out mid-surgery" to call a UnitedHealthcare representative because the insurance giant questioned whether the procedure she was in the middle of performing was really necessary.

Dr. Elisabeth Potter posted her story to Instagram this week, and the post has gotten more than 221,000 likes.

Still wearing her scrub cap, Dr. Potter began her video saying, "It’s 2025, and navigating insurance has somehow just gotten worse."...