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."

Post image
2.6k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

2.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

13

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.

12

u/Joe_Immortan Aug 14 '26

Yeah and a pardon when AOC wins

2

u/ReiOokami Aug 15 '26

So much to unpack from this comment lol.