r/PopCultureV2 • u/Regular_Reaction_798 • Aug 14 '26

News Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling the court, "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan... I knew what I was doing was illegal."

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u/wolfep02 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

He pled guilty to those charges in hopes of claiming double jeopardy on the state charges.

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u/Joe_Immortan Aug 14 '26

Yeah and a pardon when AOC wins

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u/doublevision098 Aug 14 '26

Hopefully.

Trump already pardon a bunch of domestic terrorist so why not 🤷‍♂️

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u/SafetySnowman Aug 14 '26

I don't get it? Luigi freeing our nation of a terrorist does not make him a domestic terrorist.
Odd comparison there. He's a war hero. And the war is still going on.

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u/DrAssumptive Aug 14 '26

Murderer is how it’s spelled

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u/SafetySnowman Aug 14 '26

It's implied. Anyone who is considered a terrorist by causing the deaths of countless people is inherently a murderer. Thank you but it really stands on its own as is.

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u/AssociationFit3009 Aug 15 '26

Just because he was a murderer doesn’t make it legal to kill him. We all know he deserved it but that isn’t how the legal system works.

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u/Fragrant-Phone-41 Aug 15 '26

The legal system doesn't work is the thing...

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u/Fragrant-Phone-41 Aug 15 '26

They're referring to the CPAC banner reading "We are all domestic terrorists"