On Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced what seems to be the second Trump administration’s capital prosecution. For a president who loves creating a stir, it’s little surprise that the announcement made such a big splash. That is why the administration chose Luigi Mangione to be its death penalty poster boy. Who better to help the president’s full-throated embrace of capital punishment than one of America’s most infamous alleged killers?
Recall Magione’s arrest and the sensation that led up to it. Here’s the way Bondi described what Mangione is accused of: “Luigi Mangione,” she said, “stalked and murdered UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024. The murder was an act of political violence.” Bondi continued this was a “cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.”
