Politics · state murder trialLuigi Mangione Expected to Plead Guilty Friday Before State Murder TrialAired August 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00A major turn is expected at 11:00 a.m.0:02Friday in New York federal court, where0:04Luigi Mangione is expected to announce a0:06guilty plea in his federal prosecution0:08just weeks before his state murder trial0:10is scheduled to begin next month. Those0:12plans are not final and fluid, and0:14nothing becomes official until it is0:16announced on the record at the hearing0:18itself. The federal case centers on two0:20counts of stalking resulting in death in0:22the December 2024 shooting of United0:24Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New0:26York sidewalk. Police said ammunition0:28found at the scene was marked with the0:30words delay, deny, depose, and the0:32shooting led to a 5-day manhunt that0:34ended with an arrest in Pennsylvania.0:36A judge threw out the federal murder0:38charges in January, removing the death0:40penalty that had [music] been sought,0:41and leaving a maximum of life in prison0:43without parole on the two stalking0:44counts. A plea entered now would carry0:47that life without parole exposure while0:49reshaping the state murder case0:50scheduled to start next month, including0:52questions about being prosecuted in both0:54systems. Whether a plea is actually0:56announced, to which counts, and on what0:58terms will only be settled when the1:00hearing goes on the record Friday1:01morning.1:03Like and follow for more stories that1:04matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗