Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal court to stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

NEW YORK — Accused assassin Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court Friday morning, after days of speculation that he might admit guilt in the case in order to raise a potential double jeopardy claim weeks before his state-level murder trial.

Prosecutors have alleged that Mangione, 28, is the hooded man who snuck up behind UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024, and shot him in the back outside a Hilton hotel in Manhattan.

Mangione's defense team could attempt to...