Attorneys for Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, met federal prosecutors Friday amid reports of a possible plea deal. Mangione faces two federal stalking charges each carrying up to life in prison, after a judge tossed the death-penalty-eligible murder charge in January.
He also faces a separate state trial set for September 8, having pleaded not guilty everywhere. A federal plea could let his lawyers argue the state case violates double jeopardy protections, though legal experts say it's genuinely unclear how a judge would rule.
Nobody involved — not Mangione's attorneys, not the U.S. Attorney's office, not the Manhattan DA — is saying anything beyond confirming a meeting happened.
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