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riversedge

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Wed May 7, 2025, 01:57 PM May 2025

Luigi Mangione's online defense fund surpasses $1 million [View all]

Source: abc news



Mangione will return to state court on June 26.

By Aaron Katersky May 7, 2025, 10:24 AM

An online legal defense fund for alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione has surpassed $1 million as he prepares to return to court next month.

The fund reached the million-dollar mark on Tuesday, which coincided with Mangione's 27th birthday.

Mangione is being held without bail at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where his legal team said he "receives anywhere from 10 to 115 letters per day."

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg hasn't specifically addressed the defense fund, but he spoke out against the online support for Mangione in general in an interview with ABC News in December.

Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search is scheduled, ...........
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Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges..........


Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/luigi-mangiones-online-defense-fund-surpasses-1-million/story?id=121557761



There is a good short video at link of Mangone pointing the gun and How police tracked him down



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He's no hero, regardless how corrupt his victim's employer was or wasn't. marble falls May 2025 #1
So insurance companies can kill , maim and make miserable millions of people questionseverything May 2025 #2
Sure I have. If not for VA, I would have died exactly like that. I have a complaint with a certain insecticide ... marble falls May 2025 #3
But you had the va, so you don't understand at all questionseverything May 2025 #5
What you don't know. I've seen people die who did not need to over insurance and who pays for what. ... marble falls May 2025 #9
While only a small percent of the country has enlisted questionseverything May 2025 #13
Did Mangione watch a loved one suffer and die of a treatable disease so an insurance company could make money? onenote May 2025 #4
Blood money. Sneederbunk May 2025 #6
Mangione suffered from severe back pain. Linda ladeewolf May 2025 #7
I'm sure killing someone and serving time will help with his pain. Wait till he gets medically ignored ... marble falls May 2025 #11
Yes we know, it's every where questionseverything May 2025 #14
Get an all Dem Jury DENVERPOPS May 2025 #8
And then when someone takes him out - it was just an irresistible impulse. That's a legal defense. NT 24601 May 2025 #10
I'll cover that bet. I most think Democrats will think he chose the wrong venue and tactics to get a rememdy. marble falls May 2025 #12
He's gonna get a hung jury. Swede May 2025 #15
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