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Luigi Mangione admits to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO, pleads guilty in federal court

WBUR

Published August 14, 2026 at 9:39 AM PDT

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)

Luigi Mangione reversed his previous not guilty plea in federal court as members of Thompson’s family looked on, throwing a wrench into a separate state murder trial scheduled to begin next month over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Here & Now‘s Deb Becker speaks with Reuters reporter Jack Queen.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.