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Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by conflict of interest

Defense argues Attorney General Pam Bondi’s financial ties to a lobbying firm representing UnitedHealth Group taint the death penalty pursuit in the CEO’s killing.

  • Late Friday, Mangione's lawyers filed a court motion alleging Pam Bondi's involvement created a profound conflict and seeking documents and testimony; a hearing is scheduled for Jan. 9.
  • Before taking office, Pam Bondi was a Ballard Partners partner, and the defense says she retained profit-sharing and a defined-contribution plan after pledging to bow out for a year.
  • Mangione was arrested five days later at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where officers recovered a gun, notebook, and ammunition marked 'delay, deny and depose'.
  • The defense asks U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty, throw out some charges, and exclude evidence while neither trial is scheduled and a ruling isn't expected until May.
  • Mangione's lawyers argue Bondi's public remarks prejudiced the case, while federal prosecutors said last month pretrial publicity alone is not a constitutional defect and favor juror screening.
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