Luigi Mangione's "only real defense" would be to plead insanity or to say he has some kind of mental defect, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Nick Akerman said. "I think the only real defense that you can possibly have here is some kind of insanity or mental defect defense," Ackerman, who served as a Watergate prosecutor, told CNN on Tuesday. The legal analyst's assessment came after he said that "there's no question about his liability here." Newsweek reached out to Mangione's attorney on Wednesday via email for comment. Mangione, 26, allegedly...

Last week I wrote about Luigi Mangione's outreach to his favorite author, Tim Ubran. Mangione had contacted Urban to praise his work but also said something that got Urban thinking later. He had praised a line Urban had written but he actually botched the quote a bit. It's sort of a paraphrase of what Urban wrote but more importantly, Mangione seems to have seen himself as the high-level thinker even though his actions peg him as the person who saw things in black and white. It turns out that Urban...

Luigi Mangione appeared in a New York on Monday, where he pleaded not guilty to six charges relating to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, on December 4. The murder of Brian Thompson has led to a huge debate about the cost of health care and lack of financial support from medical insurance companies. The debate has pitted New York mayor, Eric Adams, who has condemned the murder without equivocation, against a significant groundswell of support for the alleged murderer. What to Know He is currently being held at...

You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. Luigi Mangione was arraigned Monday in New York State Supreme Court. The state case against him is expected to go to trial before the federal one. Tap the Play button at the top of any article to hear it read aloud. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has charged Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, with first-degree murder, a terrorism-related offense. Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man charged with murder in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive,...

Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded to multiple charges in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday. The 26-year-old defendant is being charged with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism, two counts of second-degree murder, and multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon. He could face the death penalty if convicted of the federal charges against him and life in prison for the state charges, according to ABC News. The state and federal proceedings are expected to occur simultaneously. Upon his arrival in New York,...

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded not guilty to charges in a New York courtroom on Monday. Mangione, 26, is accused of fatally shooting Thompson in midtown Manhattan on the morning of Dec. 4. Mangione was indicted by a New York City grand jury on 11 counts last week, including three counts of murder, two of which brand the shooting as “an act of terrorism.” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said at a news conference last Tuesday that the attack was a “frightening,...