AG Pam Bondi's Alleged Conflict of Interest Sparks Fight Over Death Penalty in Luigi Manginone Case | Crime Alert 6AM 12.22.25
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🗓️ 22 December 2025
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Lawyers representing Luigi Mangione are requesting that the death penalty be halted in his federal murder trial, citing a purported "conflict of interest" involving Attorney General Pam Bondi, as detailed in a recent court submission.
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| 0:00.0 | Crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. Straight out to Nicole Parton for the latest. |
| 0:06.4 | Nancy lawyers representing Luigi Mangione are requesting the death penalty be stopped in his |
| 0:12.3 | federal murder trial, citing a reported conflict of interest involving Attorney General Pam Bondi, |
| 0:18.6 | as detailed in a recent court submission. In a filing submitted overnight, the defense team accused Pam Bondi as detailed in a recent court submission. |
| 0:26.1 | In a filing submitted overnight, the defense team accused Pam Bondi of neglecting to reveal her affiliations with the lobbying firm Ballard Partners, which regularly represents |
| 0:32.7 | United Health Care, noting that she was personally benefiting from the firm's profitable ties to |
| 0:38.5 | UHG. Mangione faces charges for allegedly killing United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson in New York |
| 0:45.8 | City in December 2024. He has entered a not guilty plea in federal court for stalking and |
| 0:52.6 | murdering Thompson and is contesting the government's |
| 0:55.9 | intent to pursue capital punishment should he be found guilty. The defense contended that this |
| 1:02.0 | situation creates a conflict of interest that should have prevented Bondi from instructing |
| 1:07.3 | prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Quote upon transitioning from Ballard Partners |
| 1:12.4 | to the role of Attorney General in 2025, the first individual she chose to pursue execution against |
| 1:19.6 | was the defendant accused of murdering the CEO of her previous client, the defense filing stated. |
| 1:25.5 | The attorneys argue that Pam Bondi's financial ties to |
| 1:29.1 | UHG constitute a conflict of interest warranting her recusal from any decision regarding the case. |
| 1:36.6 | Quote, the Attorney General's financial relationship with UHG raises serious concerns about Mr. Mangione's |
| 1:43.8 | due process rights as she stands to gain |
| 1:46.8 | financially from the prosecution's outcome she is advocating for, they said. The United States |
| 1:52.7 | Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York typically refrains from commenting on |
| 1:57.5 | active cases and is anticipated to provide a written reply to the defense's claims. |
| 2:03.3 | Meanwhile, Mangione's legal team has been working to exclude certain evidence from his upcoming |
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