Jordan Cheriton, Status Koo, thank you so much for coming on the Empire Files and chat with us today, Jordan.

Yeah, thank you for having me.

You have been sleepless, you have a newborn, you have been relentlessly following just, I don't know how you're doing it, man.

It's crazy what status Koo is doing. I mean, it's overwhelming just looking at your channel and seeing

how much you guys are on the ground across the country just doing things that no one else literally

is doing right now in the independent media world so thank you for that jordan thanks for keeping it

going thank you i'm likely shaving off a good 15 years of my life, but it was

worth it. It was all worth it. Well, I know that you, you know, status coup specifically has

been covering the Luigi Mangione case, I guess three cases, but just the entire saga.

And it's been really incredible to watch, you know, you guys on the ground covering pretty

much the nuances of this case because it's a really fascinating case.

It reveals a tremendous amount about American society and the class warfare that's bubbling

beneath the surface.

So I guess let's just start by talking about these three different cases against the alleged killer of United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, break them down and I guess where they stand now and why is it unprecedented?

The defense is calling the cases and the charges unprecedented.

It is just been marked with one unusual, abnormal legal thing after another.

I mean, I'm no lawyer, but I certainly could Google.

First off, I mean, regardless if Luigi Manjone did it or not, it's a targeted killing.

I mean, these types of things happen, unfortunately, all the time.

And 99.9% of those times the federal government does not get involved and charge.

It would be based on the state where the crime occurred.

So the fact that there were federal charges in the first place is very unusual,

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