{"id":142736,"date":"2026-08-13T13:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/luigi-mangione-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-federal-case-reports-142736"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:32:30","slug":"luigi-mangione-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-federal-case-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/luigi-mangione-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-federal-case-reports-142736","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in federal case: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/us\/luigi-mangione\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Luigi Mangione<\/a> is expected to plead guilty to the federal charges against him at a surprise pretrial conference Friday, according to local reports, a move that could upend his state-level murder trial just weeks before it&#8217;s supposed to begin in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>State and federal prosecutors and Mangione&#8217;s legal team have not responded to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>But two of the city&#8217;s major newspapers, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/13\/us-news\/luigi-mangione-expected-to-plead-guilty-to-federal-charges-in-assassination-of-brian-thompson\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New York Post<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/13\/nyregion\/luigi-mangione-guilty-plea-federal.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>, both reported Thursday that the 28-year-old former Ivy Leaguer is expected to plead guilty in his federal stalking case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/us\/luigi-mangione-hearing-friday-stirs-plea-deal-speculation-federal-case\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LUIGI MANGIONE HEARING SET FOR FRIDAY STIRS PLEA DEAL SPECULATION IN HIS FEDERAL CASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mangione is accused of following UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to a Manhattan Hilton hotel on the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, and shooting him in the back hours before a business conference was supposed to take place there. Surveillance video shows a man in a hoodie approach Thompson from behind and open fire with a handgun \u2014 the same weapon authorities allege Mangione had in his backpack when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/manhunt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">arrested in a Pennsylvania McDonald&#8217;s<\/a> five days later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tips\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SEND US A TIP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all charges in both cases previously. His defense team has had some success already, convincing judges in both cases to dismiss the most serious charges. As a result, he no longer would face capital punishment if convicted in a federal trial, and would not face life without parole if convicted in New York state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxTrueCrime\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/true-crime\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LIKE WHAT YOU&#8217;RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He could still face a maximum sentence of <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/us\/luigi-mangione-emotional-disturbance-defense-may-huge-impact-case-lawyer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">life without parole in federal prison<\/a> if convicted in that case \u2014 but experts say he would probably avoid the stiffest possible sentence even if convicted by a jury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.podtrac.com\/cjdr_fnd_article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LISTEN TO THE NEW &#8216;CRIME &amp; JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO&#8217; PODCAST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rarely somebody with no background, who\u2019s educated, gets the maximum sentences,&#8221; said Donna Rotunno, a Chicago criminal defense attorney and Fox News contributor. &#8220;Is he looking at minimum sentences? No. But at the end of the day, he\u2019s benefiting from more serious charges being dismissed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He is still likely looking at decades behind bars, and any legal issues arising from a potential plea deal could also delay the start of his state trial, which is supposed to begin with jury selection on Sept. 8, she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/luigi-mangione-expected-plead-guilty-federal-case-reports\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/luigi-mangione-expected-plead-guilty-federal-case-reports <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty to the federal charges against him at a surprise pretrial conference Friday, according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-142736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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