{"id":23581,"date":"2026-08-14T13:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=23581"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:02:52","slug":"accused-assassin-luigi-mangione-returns-to-court-as-plea-change-speculation-swirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=23581","title":{"rendered":"Accused assassin Luigi Mangione returns to court as plea change speculation swirls"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty to the federal charges against him at a surprise pretrial conference Friday, a move that could upend his state-level murder trial just weeks before it’s supposed to begin in New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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State and federal prosecutors and Mangione’s legal team have not responded to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LUIGI MANGIONE HEARING SET FOR FRIDAY STIRS PLEA DEAL SPECULATION IN HIS FEDERAL CASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“There is no deal,” a senior Justice Department source told Fox News Thursday. However, the source added, Mangione is allowed to plead guilty in open court Friday if he so chooses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Associated Press reported Thursday that the 28-year-old former Ivy Leaguer is expected to plead guilty in his federal stalking case, citing a person familiar with the matter. Mangione could change his mind, however.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Paul Mauro, a retired NYPD inspector and Fox News contributor, suggested that Mangione may still enter a guilty plea without any kind of deal in place in a gamble to get out of serving time in a state prison.\u00a0“It wasn’t a crazy read that it looked like a deal, because even the District Attorney of New York, in the state case, filed a letter opposing any deal,” he said. “But that said, it just didn’t fly for me, and it looks like he’s just gonna plead guilty.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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