The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan has been recused from Luigi Mangione's case.
"The Government also writes to inform the Court that United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, is recused from this matter," attorneys from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said in a letter to Judge Margaret Garnett on Wednesday.
Newsweek has contacted the district for comment via email. Mangione's attorneys have also been contacted for comment via email. Luigi Mangione in court
Mangione, 26, is facing federal and state charges in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel in December.
He pleaded not guilty to a federal murder charge last Friday. Federal prosecutors have declared their intent to seek the death penalty. Mangione pleaded not guilty to state murder and terrorism charges in December.
The letter did not explain why Clayton recused from the case, but said that Perry Carbone, the district's criminal division chief, will serve as the attorney for the United States in the case.
"Mr. Carbone has conveyed the same to the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, which confirmed that it will in turn notify the Attorney General," the letter said.
President Donald Trump announced in April that Clayton, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, would serve as interim U.S. attorney for Southern District of New York while the administration pursues Senate confirmation for him to serve in the role full-time.
Wednesday's letter also amended an earlier letter to Garnett that described the handling of a recorded jail call between Mangione and his attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo.
The earlier letter has said that a paralegal at the New York County District Attorney's Office (DANY) had "immediately stopped listening" to the call after recognizing it as an attorney call.
"In fact, the paralegal listened to the entire call, then subsequently informed DANY prosecutors about the identities of the people with whom the defendant spoke," Wednesday's letter said.
"DANY thereafter handled the matter as described in our previous letter. Moreover, DANY notified defense counsel of these facts in an email, dated April 22, 2025, thus, counsel was aware of this information prior to arraignment."
Mangione is next due in federal court on December 5. His next appearance in the state case is set for June 26.
No trial date has been set in either case, but his defense team have said they want the federal case to take precedent because it involves the death penalty.
And no trial dates set at all. They keep him in solitary and in straight jackets all day. This dude has got strength if he isn't going mental yet. Fucking hell.
They are caught in a no-win scenario.
If they hadn't found someone to prosecute, they would have been better off, but now that they do, they are absolutely fucked.
They can't lose the trial. It will become open season on the rich. They can't win the trial and execute him, it will start a holy war against the rich.
I think they want to delay as long as they can and hope the public forgets. Then they can deny him his rights, and dispose of him when the timing is better.
That's absurd. If there was going to be a rash of copycat shootings, Luigi's enormous internet celebrity would have incentivized it already. The NYPD can't afford to look like incompetent assholes, because they have a fiduciary responsibility to their paymasters on Wall Street. But whether or not Luigi is convicted will have no influence on the number of attempted CEO assassinations in the next decade.
I'm not sure that's true, honestly. 😅🤞🏼
Maaaybe using a term other than "holy war" is wiser. 😬
It would be AMAZING if they set the precedence that Luigi is not guilty. The US would become the happy hunting grounds ... with a reverse "Most Dangerous Game" happening everywhere.
One could dream.
#myteam
Precedence that someone that wasn't involved at all is not guilty?
Or, are you assuming he is guilty already?
If he did it and the go with self defense.
Not likely as they are trying to prove evidence tampering ... which actually happened.
they are stringing along until they find a jury that is ignorant of the news to convict him.
So, old AF bluehaired MAGATs?
They've managed to crack open the human psyche, a couple of tiktok videos about how he's lame and it's cringe to k the rich and nobody will care the state executes him.
If it were that simple they would have done it by now
They've convinced all the muslims that Donald would save Gaza and they convinced all zoomers that voting is useless. Mark my words, that was the last voting you were able to participate in
If you ever find yourself making a statement about how "all the muslims" are idiots, maybe stop and reconsider. Do you see a distinction between a complaint about "all the muslims" and a complaint about "all the jews" or "all the blacks"?
edit: other than one of those being more socially acceptable to be used as a target of ridicule
Citing the fact that the Muslim voters chose to vote on vibes about the Gaza situation doesn't make them idiots. And raising this issue doesn't make one a bigot
The fact that women voters chose against reproduction rights doesn't make them fools either, but raising the issue doesn't make one a misogynistic.
A lot of people I spoke with, living and working in Dearborn, saw it as a moral line for them and wouldn't vote for either major candidate. Misrepresenting that position as something very obviously nonsensical and attributing that idiotic belief as being a muslim thing, that is bigotry, whether or not you want to pretend the idea of Trump saving Gaza is a perfectly reasonable thing that perfectly reasonable people might believe. No one believed Trump would be good for Gaza, and thinking it's realistic that that muslims as a group really are that dumb and you won't get pushback for saying that out loud, that says something about you.
You're writing it as "all the muslims" have been brainwashed into believing in something that you see yourself as not stupid enough to fall for. It's trash-talking muslims by imagining they share a common belief in something obviously stupid.
And again, ask yourself whether you would be comfortable attributing, out loud, a belief you think is stupid to "all the blacks" or "all the jews". If there are any situations where you would feel comfortable using those phrases in a sentence, out loud. If not, what makes your use of "all the muslims" different enough to not count as bigotry? If one of these phrases just slips out, there's a deeper problem than simply saying the words. Introspect on that.
Dearborn is a lovely city with an incredibly compassionate and socially-active Muslim community. Considering the white power roots in it's founding, one might even say it's a diamond in the rough.
We need to remember the billionare plants in this case and make sure they will be at the upcoming Nuremberg Trials 2.
For anyone unfamiliar: solitary doesn't mean you get your own room. It means a bright padded cell with zero stimulation. It's torture.
Padded? I doubt it. Barely conditioned concrete and less than a camping mat for a bed is what I’ve seen.