‘Wack the CEO’: Feds allege Mangione kept a notebook detailing the crime
Federal prosecutors filed new charges against Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, on Thursday. The unsealed complaint revealed some writings that police allegedly found in Mangione’s notebook when he was taken into custody.
in complaintthe Justice Department alleges that Mangione kept a notebook in the months leading up to the fatal shooting, writing in an Aug. 15 blog post that “the goal is insurance.” Mangione allegedly wrote that the attack on the insurance company “checks every box.”
In a later entry cited by federal authorities in the complaint, they alleged that Mangione was down on his luck when he discovered the New York conference outside which Thompson had been killed.
“This investor conference represents a real windfall… More importantly, the message is self-evident,” the notebook said.
The prosecution also alleges that the notebook “describes an intent to ‘bother’ the CEO of an insurance company at its investor conference.”
The federal complaint also contains surveillance photos of Mangione, a scan of his fraudulent New Jersey ID, and a photo of a firearm Mangione was carrying at the time of his arrest. The complaint describes the gun as “consistent with the weapon” used to kill Thompson.
Mangione was transported to New York on Thursday to face murder, stalking and weapons charges. He was accompanied by a large crowd of local and federal law enforcement officials, as well as the mayor of New York City Eric Adams. He was taken to the federal courthouse in Manhattan where he heard the charges against him.
The four federal charges — two counts of stalking, one count of murder with a firearm, and one count of using a weapon equipped with a silencer — are on top of 11 charges filed at the state level in New York.
Mangione, who did not immediately request bail during the hearing, has attracted widespread support online. Collective funds to cover his legal expenses exceed $160,000 On the GiveSendGo platform.
Wednesday Emerson poll found Among voters ages 18 to 29, 41 percent thought the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was “acceptable,” a larger share than the share of younger voters who approve of the president. Joe Biden. At a news conference Tuesday, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Support condemned Mangione called it “shocking and horrific.”
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