Summary

Luigi Mangione, charged with the December 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, released his first public statement through a new website launched by his defense team.

He expressed gratitude for widespread support and acknowledged the letters he has received. The website provides case updates and a fundraiser, which has raised over $400,000.

Mangione has gained a following among those frustrated with the U.S. healthcare system. A poll found 41% of voters under 30 viewed the assassination as acceptable.

His next court date is Feb. 21.

  • rumba
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    4 days ago

    We don’t have all the evidence.

    If he checked into the hostel with the same ID that was used to get the bus out of the city and they weren’t his identity, then there is the manifesto that may or may not have been planted in the gun that may or may not have been planted. Then there’s the manifesto in substack from before the event, well before the event.

    Together that’s probably enough for a trial.

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      3 days ago

      I dont get why he made himself look like the suspect, but reality is that its not him. The record of the assassination clearly shows a smaller dude with differents eyebrows, eyelash and skin color. Just like OJ Simpson, there was no doubt it was him, yet he was found innocent over petty details…