Mangione was extradited from Pennsylvania to New York on Thursday.
The 26-year-old Ivy league graduate accused of the Midtown killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is now in federal custody and could face the death penalty.
Prosecutors say Mangione arrived by bus in Manhattan on Nov. 24 and checked into an Upper West Side hostel using a fake ID with the name Mark Rosario. For the next week and a half, the complaint alleges, Mangione consistently kept a mask on, even while inside the hostel, except when asked to remove it briefly while checking in.
The complaint cites a letter addressed “To the Feds,” in which Mangione allegedly says he “wasn’t working with anyone” and that the scheme was “all self-funded.” In state court, Mangione faces charges in Manhattan of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument. The state indictment also accuses him of killing Thompson as an act of terrorism.
Mangione, who is from the Baltimore suburbs and was the valedictorian of his private all-boys high school, has become a poster child for many Americans’ pent-up anger at the health insurance industry. Many have praised the shooters’ actions on social media. Roughly a half-dozen protesters gathered outside the Pennsylvania courthouse to show support for Mangione.
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