Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old former Ivy League student accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson, defiantly spoke against what he described as “an insult to the intelligence of the American people” as he arrived for his extradition hearing.
The alleged murderer was filmed arriving at a Pennsylvania courthouse earlier today (December 10) on board a police vehicle. As he was escorted to the location, Mangione took the opportunity to shout at press cameras before being pushed inside by officers.
Mangione had written a three-page manifesto that opens with a confession and states that Mangione “wasn’t working with anyone.” He reportedly points out that UnitedHealthcare’s market capitalization has grown while American life expectancy falls and writes about corporations that “continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allowed them to get away with it.”
Speaking specifically about United, Mangione is said to condemn the company’s corruption and “power games,” noting that he is “the first to face it with such brutal honesty.” The manifesto also reportedly includes lines like “Frankly these parasites had it coming” and “I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done.”
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