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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Police arrest Luigi Mangione for allegedly assassinating the CEO of the United

Healthcare Insurance Company in New York City with reports that he had a spiral notebook denouncing

corporate greed. Welcome him, Kyle Peterson, with the Wall Street Journal. We are joined today by my

colleagues, editorial board member Manet Uquay Barua, and columnist Bill McGern. Five days after the

CEO of United Healthcare, Brian Thompson, was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan on his way to an

investor meeting. Police captured 26-year-old

Luigi Mangione at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania after he was apparently recognized from police

photos. News reports say that Mangione was carrying a 3D printed gun and a fake driver's license.

The latest on Wednesday is reports from police sources. This is

from CNN that fingerprints found at the scene of the assassination, match those of suspect Luigi

Mangione. Also, information filtering out from a notebook that Mangione apparently had. Here's a piece of what he wrote, according to New York Times.

What do you do?

You whack the CEO at the annual parasitic bean counter convention.

It's targeted, precise, and doesn't risk innocence.

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