Luigi Mangione, charged with murdering UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded not guilty to murder charges that include terrorism, raising concerns about his right to a fair trial.
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, pleaded not guilty on Monday to New York state murder charges that brand him a terrorist. Mangione, 26, was escorted into Judge Gregory Carro's 13th-floor courtroom in the New York state criminal courthouse in lower Manhattan with a court officer on each arm, and a procession of a half dozen officers following him.
He was in handcuffs and shackles, and wore a burgundy sweater over a white-collared shirt. Mangione leaned into a microphone and said 'not guilty' when asked how he pleaded to the 11-count indictment, which includes three murder charges, including murder as an act of terrorism.Last Thursday, Mangione was transferred from Pennsylvania to New York after deciding not to fight extradition. He was led off a helicopter in lower Manhattan by a large phalanx of police officers and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. That spectacle and other statements by public officials suggest Mangione may not be able to get a fair trial, his lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo said at the hearing. 'They are treating him like he is some sort of political fodder, some sort of spectacle,' Agnifilo said. 'He is not a symbol, he is someone who is afforded a right to a fair trial.'He was arrested at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after the brazen, pre-dawn Dec. 4 killing of Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group's insurance unit UnitedHealthcare, outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan where the company was gathering for an investor conference. Mangione also faces a four-count federal criminal complaint charging him with stalking and killing Thompson. He has not yet been asked to enter a plea to those charges
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