Alleged CEO murderer Luigi Mangione makes VERY sassy outburst as he’s led out of court after being told he will stand trial in June


Accused murderer Luigi Mangione delivered a sassy outburst as he was led out of court during his latest hearing on Friday.

The alleged assassin, 27, made a surprise appearance in Manhattan where New York Judge Gregory Carro declared that his state trial will go ahead in June.

The proposed date is several months earlier than anticipated and will predate his federal trial on charges in connection with the assassination of UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson.

Mangione’s lawyers pushed back at the new schedule and tried to argue that it would not allow them sufficient time. 

As he was being led Mangione also made a rare outburst criticizing the judge’s decision.

‘One plus one equals two,’ Mangione yelled, per Fox5 reporter Michelle Ross, who was in court. ‘This is the same trial twice. This is double Jeopardy by any common sense definition.’

Double Jeopardy states a person cannot face prosecution for the same offense more than once. 

Mangione is more than likely referring to the part of the law that states a person cannot face double conviction for the same crime.

Accused assassin Luigi Mangione, 27, has been hailed as an 'ambassador' at the federal detention center where he is awaiting both state and federal trials

Accused murderer Luigi Mangione delivered a sassy outburst as he was led out of court during his latest hearing on Friday 

However alleged criminals can face the same charge in both state and federal courts if the crime occurred in multiple jurisdictions. 

His attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said Mangione is stuck in a ‘tug of war between two different persecution offices’.

‘Luigi Mangione is being put in a terrible position with two different prosecutions, it is not his position to try this case in the middle of federal case which is already set for trial,’ she pled with the judge. 

Manhattan District Attorney Prosecutor Joel Seidemann agreed he wanted the state trial ahead of the federal one to avoid double jeopardy making the state case impossible. 

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal charges, as well as his counts in Pennsylvania and New York. 

He faces life in prison on his New York charges. 

Last week, a federal judge ruled that prosecutors could not seek the death penalty against the 27-year-old, while also dropping two charges. 

However, the judge ruled prosecutors could use the evidence found in his backpack, despite Mangione’s camp hoping to have it thrown out. 

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all his charges, both federal and state

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all his charges, both federal and state 

Mangione is accused of murdering the former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Mangione is accused of murdering the former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson 

His backpack allegedly contained ghost guns, fake IDs, and a journal. 

It came a day after a Minnesota man, identified as Mark Anderson, 36, was charged with allegedly trying to break Mangione out of his New York jail by posing as an FBI agent in a brazen plot that was ultimately foiled.

Anderson allegedly tried to approach an intake area inside the jail to get close to Mangione and presented paperwork to jail staff claiming to show a judge ordered the inmate’s release.

The scheme reportedly fell apart when Bureau of Prisons staff asked to see Anderson’s credentials, which led him to show his Minnesota driver’s license and throw ‘numerous documents’ at the personnel.

Anderson then allegedly warned staff that he had weapons in his bag, and a search of his belongings found a barbecue fork and a tool resembling a pizza cutter, according to the criminal complaint against Anderson.

Mangione’s federal trial is set to begin with jury selection on September 8, with opening remarks starting October 13. 

The state trial could be delayed to September if federal prosecutors seek to appeal the decision to throw out the charges that made him eligible for the death penalty. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Agnifilo for comment.  



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