Federal prosecutors filed new charges Thursday against Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The unsealed complaint revealed some writings that police allegedly found in Mangione’s notebook when he was taken into custody.
In the complaint, the Justice Department alleges that Mangione kept a notebook in the months leading up to the fatal shooting, writing in an Aug. 15 entry that “the target is insurance.” Mangione reportedly wrote that attacking an insurance company “checks every box.”
In a later note cited by federal authorities in the complaint, they allege that Mangione marveled at his luck when he discovered the New York conference outside of which Thompson was killed.
“This investor conference is a real windfall… and – most importantly – the message goes without saying,” the note said.
Prosecutors further allege that the notebook “describes an intent to ‘wack’ the CEO of one of the insurance companies at his investor conference.”
The federal complaint also includes surveillance photos of Mangione, a scan of his fake New Jersey identification and a photo of a firearm Mangione allegedly had with him at the time of his arrest. The complaint describes the weapon as “consistent with the weapon” used to kill Thompson.
Mangione was transported to New York on Thursday, where he was charged with murder, stalking and weapons possession. He was accompanied by a large gathering of local and federal law enforcement officials, as well as New York City Mayor Eric Adams. He was taken to a federal courtroom in Manhattan where he heard the charges against Hallo.
The four federal charges — two counts of stalking, one count of murder with a firearm and one count of using a weapon fitted with a silencer — are in addition to 11 state-level charges filed in New York.
Mangione, who did not immediately apply for bail during the hearing, has received widespread support online. Crowdfunds his legal fees of more than $160,000 on the platform GiveSendGo.
An Emerson poll on Wednesday found that as many as 41 percent of voters aged 18 to 29 found the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson “acceptable,” a higher share than that of young voters who are president Endorse Joe Biden. During a press conference on Tuesday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch condemned the support for Mangione as “shocking and abhorrent.”
